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Paper Roll

Paper Roll: A paper mill in the US was experiencing bearing failures on its nip roll after just 12 months of service, leading to continuous paper roll failures. In total, downtime and maintenance costs were amounting to 600,000€ per annum.

Coiler Gearbox

Coiler Gearbox: An Italy-based OEM designed a reducer gearbox featuring NSK Spherical Roller Bearings for a cold roll steel mill application. Engineers needed to review bearing performance as part of a routine commissioning trial.

Collet Closer

Collet Closer: A machine tool user in the US was experiencing premature bearing failures in the machine‘s spindle collet closer. Downtime, bearing replacement and maintenance costs were amounting to 171,560€ per annum.

Gearbox for Wind Turbine

Gearbox for Wind Turbine: A workshop in Spain that specialises in wind gearbox units had five shafts on the specification. The bearings were loose on the shaft, which would have caused damage to the surface. NSK was asked if it could provide bearings with special undersized bore diameters.

Slurry Pump

Slurry Pump: A cement plant in the US was experiencing premature bearing failures due to contamination in its slurry pumps. Bearings were only lasting 2-3 months, leading to bearing replacement, downtime and maintenance costs of 96,616€ per year.

Hot Strip Mill

Hot Strip Mill: A large manufacturer of rolled steel in Russia wanted to extend the bearing replacement intervals on the finishing section of its hot strip mill.

Underground Train

Underground Train: A UK-based overhaul and maintenance company for underground trains had a requirement to reduce the service costs of traction motor bearings. Servicing 140 traction motors every 4.5 years was costing 756,000€.

Baby Leaf Harvester

Baby Leaf Harvester: A food processing company in the UK was regularly experiencing production downtime due to issues with its baby leaf harvester. Machine stoppages, lost production and repairs were resulting in annual costs of 126,600 EUR.

Slurry Disc Harrow

Slurry Disc Harrow: A contractor working with disc harrows had huge problems with failed bearings during or after the farming season. Regular bearing replacement and maintenance was costing 8,000€ a year.

Centrifugal Pump

Centrifugal Pump: A large CHP (combined heat and power) plant in Romania was enduring frequent bearing failures on centrifugal pumps used for water recirculation.

Conveyor Tail Drum Assembly

Success Stories | Conveyor Tail Drum Assembly