Collaboration resolves render fan issue at abattoir
Recently, a Tasmanian abattoir was experiencing significant problems with their render plant fan, which was originally supplied by a major fan designer and manufacturer.
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Stay in the black with corrosion inhibiting bearings
Soil ingress on equipment in agricultural applications can create significant problems for farmers in terms of machine performance and longevity.
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Message in a bottle: Motion Australia goes above and beyond for customers
When a bottling plant in Western Australia urgently needed a replacement Schaeffler INA flange housing unit for a critical piece of equipment, Motion Australia made it happen in record time.
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A rock-solid gateway to eliminating machine failures
In a market contending with labour shortages and increasing cost of production, it’s vital that key decision makers look towards supporting efficiency-centric automation frameworks.
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Help us help you: how communication can drive more accurate stock forecasting
As companies around the world contend with supply chain complications and lengthening lead times, Motion Australia is working closely with Strategic Supply Partners to offset challenges and maintain reliable stock holdings.
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More uptime on the menu with OPTIME
One of the primary causes of waste in the food and beverage industry is equipment failure. Yet it is also preventable with a proactive approach to maintenance that involves the condition monitoring of machinery, said Ryan Kendrigan, general manager of Engineering & Services at Motion Australia.
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Harvesting the macadamia boom in Bundaberg
The macadamia is finally getting its moment in the sun. Australian macadamia growers have been experiencing bumper crops in recent years, with annual production quantities reaching more than 50,000 tonnes in 2021, according to the Australian Macadamia Society.1
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Schaeffler bearings support food processing and packaging
In food and beverage manufacturing, filling and packaging are the final steps before the products can be finally shipped out to customers. As such, any bottlenecks in the filling or packaging process can hamper the entire plant’s operation and – in case of perishable foodstuff – send large quantities of product to waste.
Food packaging machines like bottle and jar fillers, tray packers, shrink wrappers and palletisers all have one thing in common: They all rely on rolling and linear motion bearings to carry out their repeated motions, from putting caps on bottles to folding the boxes for the final packaging.
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Supporting Bundaberg’s booming macadamia industry
The macadamia industry in Bundaberg has been growing rapidly. After starting as a small industry in the early 2000s, Bundaberg overtook the Northern Rivers in 2016 to become the largest producing macadamia
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Bearing up factory washdowns: Schaeffler’s FAG Black Series prove efficient
Nobody who is allergic to gluten wants to bite into their ‘gluten-free’ biscuit to find that it did in fact contain traces of gluten. Manufacturers go to great lengths to ensure that this cannot happen.
Come rain or shine, the harvest goes on
For Rob Pickles, who owns an agricultural contracting business in north central Victoria, every job is different from the other. Depending on the season and the type of crop being harvested, he needs to make sure his harvesting and baling machinery can work efficiently through the season without any unexpected downtime.
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Corrotect coating can double bearing life in bottling applications
The Australian beverage industry has undergone significant shifts in the past decade. In an industry once dominated by full strength beer and sugar-sweetened soft drinks, the beverage industry is now catering
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How bearings help in the sugar cane production process
Australia produces about 35 million tonnes of sugar cane every year, with 80 per cent of it exported. Sugar cane farms run from the north of New South Wales through to northern Queensland, mainly on the
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