Machine Building

FAST and DoE techniques help to optimise bearing designs

Engineers at The Barden Corporation have adopted a combination of Design of Experiments methods and FAST analysis techniques to optimise the performance and cost of bearing designs for a manufacturer of high-speed rotary machines.

21st November 2010

Bearings optimised for hydraulic pumps and motors

The Schaeffler Group has developed a number of bearings for which the designs have been optimised to suit the new Sauer-Danfoss H1 series of axial-piston pumps and motors.

21st November 2010

Maintenance-free spherical plain bearings support stadium roof

Schaeffler has supplied 240 maintenance-free spherical plain bearings for a new retractable roof over the Olympic Stadium in Kiev.

21st November 2010

Rolling and plain bearings operate in cold temperatures

The Schaeffler Group is supplying various rolling element and plain bearings to manufactures of equipment for use in cold environments such as ski resorts, thereby helping operators to benefit from high reliability and low maintenance.

21st November 2010

Schaeffler installs 6-tonne spherical roller bearings

Schaeffler (UK) has supplied and installed a pair of six-tonne main pipe reel bearings on a pipelay vessel for Technip.

20th November 2010

Machine builder standardises on Rexroth products

Britannia Heatex has standardised on Rexroth products for its new heat exchanger finning machines to ensure that support is available for its customers wherever they are in the world.

20th November 2010

Automotive test rig is built from Kanya aluminium profiles

Thinking Space Systems has built another Lab Car for delivery to an automotive manufacture; it will be used in a research and development laboratory to test a vehicle's electrical systems.

11th November 2010

Automated lubricators achieve rapid pay-back

Amal Grow has installed SKF System 24 automated lubricators on its potato grading and washing machines, resulting in a 75 per cent reduction in the maintenance time required for lubrication, plus bearing life has increased from one or two years to over four years.

31st October 2010

Miniature solenoid valves specified for dosing machine

Burkert's Type 6650 miniature solenoid valve is being used by KBioscience in its Meridian machine that provides improved performance, reliability and operating life in the genotyping pipeline.

27th October 2010

Custom linear actuator is based on 2350mm stroke screw jack

Power Jacks has supplied a custom-built linear actuator - comprising a rotating screw jack, motor and reduction gearbox - with a stroke length of 2350mm for controlling a weir on the River Monar in Scotland.

26th October 2010