Unique bearing treatment benefits QLD sugar mills
When sugar cane first arrived in Australia in 1788, farmers in Port Macquarie struggled to keep it alive long enough to harvest.
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NTN offers full solution package for heavy industries
Sourcing equipment componentry from various different manufacturers can prove costly and inefficient, with potential for more issues to arise due to incompatibility. Through an established supplier network, Motion Australia aims to provide cohesive, industry standard product that best suits the relevant application, and ensures long service life from plant and machinery.
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National abattoir company switches to Timken SNT Plummer Blocks
A food production line consists of many moving parts, each with their own set of complex maintenance requirements. Holding it all together is the backbone of industrial equipment – bearings. With such a vast array of bearing options available on the market, compiling an inventory that is interchangeable and compatible across every corner of the site can be extremely difficult.
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Rolling out the fresh brew
To explain why over-greasing bearings can be troublesome, BSC Agriculture, food and beverage manager, Chris Wheatley, resorts to a donut analogy.
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BSC helps food manufacturer out of a ‘sticky’ situation
A major food manufacturer in Melbourne had to frequently replace bearings in their filling machine which injects sticky breakfast product into jars. High exposure to moisture and detergents to clean the machine took its toll on the bearings, which necessitated bearing replacements every few months.
When BSC sales specialist Jamie Stonehouse learned about the problem, he recommended replacing the standard ball bearings with NSK’s Molded-Oil deep groove ball bearings to extend the machine’s service life.
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Keeping Costa mushrooms cool
Costa, a leading Australian mushroom grower and packer, were able to detect reliability issues in some of the fans that help regulate ventilation for their facility in South Australia. Had the issue not been detected early through vibration analysis, it could have led to more bearing failures.
BSC Engineering Solutions Manager Mark Slaughter says the issue of electrical fluting is an increasing cause for bearing failures in VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) driven machines.
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