The company also designs and manufactures custom bearings for proprietary systems – to extend load capability, for bespoke belts, or to include features such as gear teeth, sprockets or pulley profiles.  

The company's plastic conveyor bearings meet the performance challenges faced by customers across a range of industries, such as frequent maintenance and wash downs, no lubrication, ingress of debris and product contamination. 

BNL's bearings are made of primarily POM/Acetal material and stainless steel balls and are resistant to the types of corrosion suffered by some bearings when exposed to cleaning products during frequent wash downs, for example in food processing. 

The products being handled or transported can themselves cause performance issues. Acids, alkalis, abrasive powders or dusts; these are all possible by-products in a material handling operation, contaminating the mechanical systems and bearings so that they wear faster or seize up. BNL introduced sealed end cap bearings to the market to solve just this problem, preventing the ingress of debris from affecting performance of the bearings and rollers for conveyor customers.

POM/Acetal is a naturally lubricated material, so BNL’s conveyor bearings do not need constant maintenance to replace lubrication.

Products are available in different material configurations to match application requirements. Additionally, speciality material bearings are made of PEEK and UHMWPE with glass, PE or ZO balls, for when the conveyor system needs to withstand harsh chemicals and extreme temperatures, such as in glass and electronics production.