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€.
The harvester was subject to frequent bearing failures that resulted in a complete stoppage of production and spoilt crops.
It was determined that premature bearing failures were occurring due to the ingress of dirt and water.
NSK recommended replacing the previous unsuitable bearings with highly durable Silver-Lube® mounted units. At the beginning of the next harvest season, the Silver-Lube® units with stainless steel bearings and improved flinger seal arrangement were installed. The dramatic reduction in bearing failures has led to increased machine uptime and a halving of lost production costs.
Before
€ 126,600
NSK Solution
€ 63,300
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