Bearings
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Bearing problem solved

NSK’s L-PPS bearing cage technology
is providing an effective solution, both
in terms of long term performance
and cost, for a compressor
manufacturer who was receiving
complaints about compressor failures
resulting fro

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Handles high temperatures

Blue Diamond, distributor of Anderol
Speciality Lubricants in the UK, has added
Anderol Chain Oil XL 220 FG to its range of
food grade, high performance lubricants.

The new addition meets the requirements of
NSF H1 for

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Fire retardant

igus UK has launched a cost-effective
plain bearing that is fire retardant
and classified according to stringent
UL94 with V0 fire regulations.

The iglidur GV0 offers similar allround
properties to the company’s
plain

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Upgrades made to automatic lubricators

The latest generation of SKF System 24
single-point automatic lubricators provides a
reliable, easy to use, and cost-effective way to
deliver a continuous supply of lubricant to
plant machinery components.

Improvements

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Lubricants: Key to plant efficiency

Industrial lubricants and
greases play a key part
in keeping plant and
machinery in good
working order. Sandra
Calic, global direct
sector marketing
manager for general
manufacturing at Shell,
looks at best practice

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Contamination risk reduced

Leading food-grade lubricants
manufacturer Rocol has introduced
innovative caps and actuators on
aerosol spray cans in the Foodlube
range to help reduce the risk of
foreign object contamination during
food and drink processing.

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Ceramic bearings: Demand grows

Hybrid ceramic bearings have proved so effective in
challenging applications that ranges have expanded to
serve ever-more demanding environments, as Phil Burge,
country communication manager at SKF, explains

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Three in a row

Schaeffler has won a 2012 Excellent
Quality Award from Xinjiang
Goldwind Science & Technology, an
internationally recognised
manufacturer of wind turbines
headquartered in China. The Award
was presented to Schaeffler during
Goldwind’s 4th Annual Supplier
Conference on 1st February 2013.

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Car wheel end

The new SKF Low Friction Hub
Bearing Unit, an energy efficient
wheel end for cars, is said to reduce
friction by more than 20% compared
to previous generations of SKF
standard hub units, and provide CO2
savings of up to 0.6 g per km.

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Exceeds 1000h

NSK has improved the
competitiveness of an OEM
manufacturer of concrete
head vibrators, by
providing a bearing
substitution and
lubrication programme
that is delivering
operating cost savings of
€306 pa on each vibrator,
plus improving operating
life and reducing maintenance
requirements, mainly for replacement
bearings.

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