Rolling roads with advanced bearing technology 1 May 2020, SKF South Africa Bearings, although buried deep within the vehicle, are on the front line in contributing to drivetrain efficiencies and delivering reliability for automotive manufacturers. SKF application engineering ...
Condition monitoring for critical times 1 May 2020, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG BMG, which provides engineering support to essential service providers during the COVID-19 crisis, encourages operating companies not to neglect condition monitoring at this critical time.
“It is very ...
Successful elevator chain solution 1 April 2020, SKF South Africa Machines and equipment utilised in the cement industry operate in highly corrosive environments. When a leading cement producer faced constant downtime due to frequent unforeseen failures of its elevator ...
Turning up the heat with a portable bearing heating solution 1 February 2020, SKF South Africa The new portable induction heater TWIM 15 from SKF uses medium-frequency technology to heat up roller bearings as well as other ring-shaped, metallic components.
This innovative device heats the bearing ...
Focusing on bearings 1 February 2020, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG BMG’s comprehensive range of bearings extends from precision miniature bearings used in machine tools and electronics applications, to giant size bearings that meet the demands of steel and mining industries.
“To ...
Bearings have savings for steelworks 1 February 2020 NSK’s expertise in solving issues for the steel industry worldwide is helping achieve savings of €372 555 per annum on a continuous annealing line, thanks to the elimination of unplanned downtime resulting ...
Butterfly valves for demanding applications First Quarter 2020 Compact butterfly valves, with good flow characteristics and low maintenance requirements, are extremely versatile and ensure dependable operation, even in the toughest environments.
Food grade belts for pristine hygiene applications First Quarter 2020, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG Ammeraal Beltech’s Rapplon folder gluer belts, which meet FDA and EC standards for contact with dry foodstuffs, form part of BMG’s extensive range of food grade belts for pristine hygiene applications. ...
Chain for bakery ovens and provers First Quarter 2020 Bearings International (BI) offers KOBO prover chain for specific applications such as bakery ovens and provers. In South Africa, standard prover chain is a 100 mm pitch chain with custom-dimensioned ...
Bearing speeds up product development First Quarter 2020, SKF South Africa SKF has released the world’s first commercial load sensing bearing based on its proprietary fibre optic sensing technology. This streamlines the creation of rotating products such as pumps, using angular ...
Bearings result in huge savings First Quarter 2020 After experiencing ongoing problems with the bearings on a vital milling machine at a steel plant, the management team turned to NSK for a solution. This decision proved to be extremely beneficial, with ...
Easy on/off control with BLE-Switchbox 29 January 2020, Communica BLE-Switchbox is a Wi-Fi enabled device capable of remote switching any 220 V a.c. appliances wirelessly using a PC or mobile device.
Root cause analysis of bearing damage in wind turbines Fourth Quarter 2019 The causes have long remained unknown, but now, new findings are being made available by bearing specialist NSK, the results of which have led to the development of a new bearing material that offers ...
Garlock seals and sealing systems Fourth Quarter 2019, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG BMG supplies and supports the full range of Garlock seals and sealing systems, including specialist fluid sealing products for the oil and gas industry. “BMG’s Garlock seals and sealing systems, which ...
A chain reaction of quality and reliability Fourth Quarter 2019 Powermite has been a leading supplier of EKD Kolibri energy chain to the southern African market for more than three decades. The company shares a combined knowledge of over 50 years in drag chain applications ...
Belting products for food processing Fourth Quarter 2019, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG BMG supplies and supports a com-prehensive range of belting products suitable for the food processing, bottling and packaging sectors. New to its range of belting certified for safe food handling is the ...
Split elastic couplings for low speed, high torque applications Fourth Quarter 2019 The Ringfeder-Henfel-Henflex HDFB split elastic couplings, available from Bearings International (BI), are ideal for the most demanding applications and aggressive environments in mining, ports and steel ...
Bearings for the automotive industry 1 October 2019 Bearings International (BI) attaches great importance to the automotive industry as a growth area. General Manager, Shenton Botes says that on-highway and certain light duty off-highway automotive applications ...
Multi-mount cast iron electric motor range Third Quarter 2019 In an industry first, Bearings International (BI) is introducing a multi-mount cast iron Bauer electric motor range onto the market that can accommodate the terminal box on the top, left-hand or right-hand ...
