Success Story
Industry: Food & Beverage
Application: Mecatherm Dough Mixer
Cost Savings: € 47 987
Introduction
A major UK bakery was facing regular bearing failures on their Mecatherm Dough Mixer. Bearings needed to be replaced every 2 to 3 months resulting in high costs of maintenance and loss of production.
NSK reviewed the bearing application and recommended NSKHPS Spherical Roller Bearings. This improved bearing life significantly by 3 to 4 times and therefore reduced unplanned downtime resulting in a large cost saving.
- Dough Mixer
- NSKHPS Spherical Roller Bearings
Key Facts
- 2 Mecatherm Dough Mixers in use
- Dough Mixer application requires heavy load capacity together with bearings that can also accomodate swashing caused by shaft deflection
- Original bearings only lasted between 2 & 3 months due to application conditions
- NSK Solution: NSKHPS (High Performance Standard) Spherical Roller Bearings ideal for heavy loads
- Bearing life extended by 3 to 4 times
- Reduced maintenance requirement resulted in a significant cost saving generated
Value Proposals
- NSK Engineers reviewed bearing application including an analysis of the failed bearings
- Recommendation of NSKHPS Spherical Roller Bearings
- A trial of NSKHPS bearings resulted in life improvements 3 to 4 times that of before
Product Features
- Highest load rating SRB's
- Optimum raceway design & surface finishing
- Brass cage design (CAM) or strengthened steel cage (EA)
- High cleanliness Z-steel
- Temperature stability: up to 200° C
- 40 mm to 260 mm bore size
- Up to twice the operating life
- Up to 20% higher limiting speed
- Dynamic load rating: 25% higher
- Lower maintenance cost and improved productivity
- High load rating enables downsizing
Cost Saving Breakdown
| Before | Cost p.a. | NSK Solution | Cost p.a. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs of lost production: Lost production: 12hrs x 600 €/hr x 8/year | €57.600 | Costs of lost production: Lost production: 12hrs x 600 €/hr x 2/year | €14.400 | |
| Engineering Costs: Labour cost: 22 €/hr x 24hrs x 8/year | €4.224 | Engineering Costs: Labour cost: 22 € x 24 hrs x 4/year | €2.112 | |
| Bearing Costs: Bearings costs | €864 | Bearing Costs: Bearings costs | €432 | |
| Engineering Costs: Engineering support | €2.243 | Engineering Costs: Engineering support | €0 | |
| Total Costs | € 64 931 | € 16 944 | ||
Reference:SS-E-2047
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