Success Story
Industry: Woodworking
Application: Conveyors - Walking Beam
Cost Savings: € 77 862
Introduction
A wood producer in the UK manufactures wooden beams for the construction industry, mainly housings. The walking beam moves the beams along a parallel track. It uses 20 mm linear guides in a back and forward motion - with rapid changes in direction. The far eastern linear guides were not capable of withstanding the forces caused by the direction changes, and fail about every 2 weeks in one of the many machines. NSK investigated the failures and recommended NSK linear guides with K1 seals. Since fitting, the NSK Linear solution has been running for over 6 months without a single failure, saving downtime, fitting time, and associated frequent purchasing costs.
- Woodworking Industry
- Linear Guide with K1 Lubrication Unit
Key Facts
- A wood producer had a regular failures in the linear guides used in a walking beam
- The application had to carry large forces through rapid direction changes and the products were contaminated with wooden particles
- NSK recommended linear guides with K1 lubrication unit
- After changing to NSK Linear guides the application was running without any failure for more than 6 months
- This helped to save down time and fitting time
Value Proposals
- A wood producer had a regular failures in the linear guides used in a walking beam
- The application had to carry large forces through rapid direction changes and the products were contaminated with wooden particles
- NSK recommended linear guides with K1 lubrication unit
- After changing to NSK Linear guides the application was running without any failure for more than 6 months
- This helped to save down time and fitting time
Product Features
- A wood producer had a regular failures in the linear guides used in a walking beam
- The application had to carry large forces through rapid direction changes and the products were contaminated with wooden particles
- NSK recommended linear guides with K1 lubrication unit
- After changing to NSK Linear guides the application was running without any failure for more than 6 months
- This helped to save down time and fitting time
Cost Saving Breakdown
| Before | Cost p.a. | NSK Solution | Cost p.a. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearing Costs | € 16 970 | Bearing Costs | € 212 | |
| Engineering Costs | € 1 228 | Engineering Costs | € 47 | |
| Costs of lost production | € 61 375 | Costs of lost production | € 2 361 | |
| Lubrication Costs | € 14 | Lubrication Costs | € 14 | |
| Other Costs: Purchase order processing | € 909 | Other Costs: Purchase order processing | € 0 | |
| Total Costs | € 80 496 | € 2 634 | ||
Reference:SS-E-2-805
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