SEALS, BEARINGS, & LUBRICATION

NSK is providing improved sealing and life performance across its range of RHP Self-Lube mounted bearing units - including high and low temperature HLT versions - with the introduction of the company’s robust S-design seal on all inserts with diamete

SKF has launched an Oil Conditioning Unit designed to enhance oil lubrication in a range of demanding applications across industries including cement, mining and quarrying.

AxFlow says its service centre in Huddersfield now holds a wide range of single spring and cartridge mechanical seals in stock for immediate delivery.

Brammer, supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, has reminded UK manufacturing companies of the threat posed by counterfeit engineering spares and the importance of only sourcing spares through authorised distributor

The issue of counterfeit bearings cannot only have serious economic impacts but can have extremely serious consequences for the companies that purchase them. In many applications the use of failure prone counterfeits can risk catastrophic consequence

Dr. S. J. Lacey, engineering manager at Schaeffler (UK), looks at the use of vibration analysis to detect early failure of bearings.