Paper explains role of vibration (1st January 2010)

A technical white paper entitled The Role of Vibration Monitoring in Predictive Maintenance has been written by Dr Steve Lacey, engineering manager at Schaeffler (UK) and offers engineers advice and guidance on the conditi

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  Taking the reins (1st November 2009)

Dr. Jürgen M. Geißinger, Schaeffler Group President and CEO, has been elected president of the World Bearing Association.

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Reconditioned to help reduce costs (13th August 2009)

Rather than buy new replacement bearings for production machines, companies can cut costs by returning worn bearings for reconditioning, as Schaeffler UK explains

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Tailored training on rolling bearings (1st July 2009)

Tailor-made, modular training courses on the fitting, lubrication, alignment and condition monitoring of rolling bearings are offered by Schaeffler (UK).

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  Less friction,less noise (1st May 2009)

By optimising the contact geometry between rolling elements and ring raceways, Schaeffler's new Generation C deep groove ball bearings offer 35% less friction and 50% less noise than their predecessor. In addition, they

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  Compact linear motion systems (1st March 2009)

Innovative linear motion products, including linear actuators, miniature linear guidance sets and a lubricant metering valve that cuts lubricant consumption by up to 25% on linear guides will be showcased by Schaeffler.

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New 1,600-page reference guide to rolling bearings now available (27th February 2009)

A new, extended and updated rolling bearing guide is now available from Schaeffler UK, and includes more than 40,000 different products, providing design engineers with a comprehensive technical reference guide to rolling bearings...

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  Reduce plant downtime and improve availability (1st January 2009)

At this year's Maintec Schaeffler will showcase a number of new products and services for the inspection and maintenance of plant and machinery, including torque measurement products and oil analysis services. Visitors

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  Monitoring system for power plant (1st January 2009)

A remote condition monitoring system is helping a nuclear power plant monitor more than 90 electric motors,pumps and fans,providing early warning of impending failures and helping to keep plant availability high

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  Compact linear actuator (1st November 2008)

Schaeffler Group's INA Linear Technology Division has launched a range of modular linear actuator units suitable for both single and multi-axis compact linear actuator systems. The MKUVS32-KGT is a compact linear actuat

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  Bearings for high loadlow speed applications (1st July 2008)

The JK0S range of integral tapered roller bearings from Schaeffler are ideally suited to applications in which loads are very high but speeds comparatively low, such as pulleys, crane wheels and cable rollers.

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  Easier to use (1st May 2008)

By introducing new digital functionality to its belt alignment and tensioning instruments, FAG Industrial Services has made its SMARTY2 and TRUMMY2 devices more accurate and easier to use.

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  Condition monitoring saves Aleris Aluminium money (1st March 2008)

By installing online condition monitoring systems on its aluminium rolling mills, Aleris Aluminium is seeing annual cost savings of around 200,000 euros

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Alignment and tensioning of belt drives made easy (27th February 2008)

FAG Industrial Services, the maintenance and condition monitoring division of the Schaeffler Group, has extended the range of functions offered by two of its measuring instruments...

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New profiled rail linear guides for large production machinery and presses (4th February 2008)

At the Machine Building, Drives & Automation exhibition at the NEC (13-14 February 2008), Schaeffler’s Linear Technology division (stand 2004) will be showcasing its range of linear recirculating roller bearing and guideway assemblies, the RUE-E / RUE-E-KT-L series...

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New profiled rail linear guides for large production machinery and presses (4th February 2008)

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  One-stop-shop (1st January 2008)

The Praxis partnership between FAG Industrial Services and Corus Northern Engineering Services is continuing to add value and prevent production downtime in many sectors of UK industry.

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  Online monitoring (1st May 2007)

Schaeffler UK has launched a new online monitoring system, FAG ProCheck, which detects plant or machinery faults early, this can prevent costly breakdowns, reduce production downtime and improve maintenance planning

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New FAG tube roller bearings prevent slippage (26th April 2007)

At this year’s Hanover Fair, Schaeffler Group Industrial, with its brands INA and FAG, presented its development project that will extend the application range of cylindrical roller bearings...

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Bearing heaters for longer plant life (23rd May 2006)

To ensure maximum service life from roller bearings and steel parts, FAG has developed a range of heaters to ease mounting onto shafts and prevent harmful temperature differences through uniform heating.

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Better bearing lubrication can halve damage (23rd March 2006)

Insufficient or incorrect lubrication is the principal cause in over 50% of cases of bearing damage and the cost of such damage, when measured in terms of machine downtime, lost production and unscheduled repairs, can run to many thousands of pounds.

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INA FAG shows new damage diagnostics at MAINTEC (17th February 2006)

At this year’s Maintec exhibition INA FAG will be showcasing its newly developed damage diagnostic instrument Detector III – which detects and eliminates machinery imbalances.

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  New coatings (1st January 2006)

Coatings from INA FAG are designed to improve performance and protect bearings from corrosion, wear, friction and slippage.

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  The latest tale from two cities (1st May 2005)

With the integration of INA and FAG now nearing completion after the merger two years ago the company is now looking to push forward with new products and partnerships. Ian Clay visited the company at Maintec 2005 in Birmingham and at the Hanover Fai

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New service partnership (1st March 2005)

Maintec 2005 also saw the launch of a new condition monitoring service partnership between INA FAG and Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES).

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  Bearings and other parts removed with ease (1st March 2005)

Removing bearings and machine parts is now easier, according to INA FAG, following its introduction of the PowerPull Spider series of hydraulic extraction pullers and puller plates.

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  Vibration monitoring in hard to reach areas (1st January 2005)

INA FAG’s latest addition to its Easy Check range provides a solution for monitoring machinery in hard to reach areas.

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  Continuously monitors machine vibration (1st September 2004)

Available from INA FAG, Easy Check enables the vibration and temperature of production related machinery to be monitored on a constant basis at a cost that is said to be a fraction of that of conventional systems.

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