Schaeffler’s FAG and INA large size bearings are available in Australia through CBC’s national supply network. Schaeffler Australia Engineering Manager Andreas Pieper elaborates how the partnership places Schaeffler in a unique position in terms of supply availability and responsiveness. From supply to inspection, repair and online and offline condition monitoring...
B&D Engineering started as a three-employee company in 1993. Today, it’s a successful fitting and machining company based in Griffith, New South Wales, hiring 13 full-time employees. With services provided to a wide range of industries, from wineries to cotton gins, feedlots, poultry and primary...
For a major independent brewer in Adelaide, maintaining optimum amount of grease in bearings across their bottling line was the difference between frequent shutdowns and smooth rolling bottles. On the advice of CBC Major Accounts Executive Andrew Fant, the brewery switched to the NSK Molded-OilTM bearings for their...
As CBC Product Manager for Industrial Bearings Tony Tormey explains, food and beverage processing plants in Australia have lacked a single-brand solution for their bearing requirements. But not any longer. The new range of corrosion-resistant ball bearings and ball bearing housed units from Timken meet the rotating...
Since 1949, Walsh & Ford has been servicing the bulk handling of grains for farmers in the Dalby region. Their grain augers and bulk bins have long been favoured by grain farmers, and the business has expanded into other areas including bulk handling of liquid,...
Adelaide-based Statewide Electric Motor Centre (SEMC) has been providing electric motor and pump services to a wide range of industries for nearly 40 years. Manager Monica Samra says good customer service has been a key to her business’ success. Working closely with the CBC Regency Park branch, the company purchases NTN sealed bearings...
Read about how the use of NTN “EA” long life bearings, recommended by CBC engineers, helped a major mining operation successfully extend service life in their fleet of walking draglines. The operators had already undertaken mechanical and operational improvements with some positive results, but bearing life was still...
Since CBC engineers first introduced Scorpion seals as an alternative to standard taconite seals, the seals’ design has undergone further improvements. CBC Australia Principal Advisor Gary Payne says the design improvements have made the seals even more suited to rugged conditions such as those in mine...
Steve Moran, a long-term CBC employee, recalls his time as Branch Manager with the CBC Bayswater branch in Melbourne. From helping customers with last-minute calls to delivering a critical NSK tapered roller bearing to a client over the weekend to avoid a $70,000 production loss,...
Bearings defects in slow-running bearings are harder to detect as the inherent low energy impact makes early detection of issues difficult. That is why, CBC Engineering Manager Mark Slaughter emphasises regular vibration analysis to monitor the bearings’ health. In an iron ore export terminal in South...
