NSK solves water ingress problem on auger bearings
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NSK UK product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jul 17, 2009
NSK's ability to provide cost-saving solutions in the food and beverage industry has been demonstrated on a food conveying auger that was suffering from contamination.
The food producer was losing vast amounts of production time as a result of failure of bottom support bearings on the conveying auger.
NSK’s ability to provide cost saving solutions in the food and beverage sectors industry was demonstrated on a food conveying auger that was suffering from contamination.
The resulting downtime costs, plus the costs of replacement bearings and the labour to fit them, were running into tens of thousands of pounds annually.
These costs were not sustainable, so an initiative was launched with a view to sourcing more durable bearings.
As part of this initiative, engineers from NSK were called in to give advice.
NSK runs a cost-saving programme across all major market sectors.
The programme is designed for end-user bearing customers that are looking for a value-added service that helps to improve reliability, reduce operating costs, and improve efficiency and profitability.
These objectives are achieved by delivering tangible savings to assets, such as equipment and machinery, and also by improving the working knowledge of maintenance and engineering personnel.
Following the initial contact, NSK engineers visited the food processing facility and identified the water ingress problem.
In order to eliminate the problem, they suggested using NSK's triple-lip sealed ball bearing units.
These bearings are designed for demanding operating environments.
Triple-lip sealed bearings are an ideal replacement for standard design bearing inserts where bearings are exposed to heavy dust and water contamination.
NSK's triple-lip sealing arrangement protects and extends bearing life in typically arduous applications such as vegetable washing and fish processing plants.
The sealed bearings were installed on the food conveying auger, and trials were conducted over a 12-month period, at the end of which there were no reported failures.
On the strength of this performance, the triple-lip sealed bearings have been adopted by the customer, and are currently in use on several food conveying augers at the plant.
By providing a solution to this problem, NSK has saved the food producer GBP77,179 per year in lost production time, plus the cost of new bearings, labour and engineering support.
Details of all NSK bearings for food processing applications are contained in a 12-page publication.
Free copies of the publication are available from the NSK marketing department.
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