When Diamond® Chain was acquired by leading industrial manufacturer Timken in 2019, it already had an extensive history at the heart of countless revolutionary innovations. Among these were in Henry Ford’s first automobile drive assembles, and the Wright Brothers’ debut flying machine. Flash forward to today’s...
For Ross Lee, Technical Manager - Strategic Partnerships at CBC, much of his career has been dedicated to rolling bearing application engineering. Even so, fresh surprises and cutting-edge innovations never cease to impress seasoned bearings experts like Ross. One such innovation is the Timken® ES302 coating, part of the brand’s award-winning Timken® Engineered Surface Technology Coatings portfolio. In simple terms, the ES302 provides a “superior wear resistance and friction reduction coating,” a shorthand description for this innovation in specially engineered nanostructure surface coatings, one that sets...
When contracted to upgrade door mechanisms for Melbourne’s Comeng trains, Lockelec Rolling Stock needed high strength chains of very specific lengths to do the job. CBC stepped up to help, providing the company with Diamond chains cut to specific lengths. The staggard sales mode offered by CBC also helped...
ND & JA Giles has been servicing customers in the Fleurieu Peninsula region with agricultural repairs for over 40 years. With services available to the broad acre, hay, dairy, gardening, viticulture and horticulture industries, the business relies on CBC for supply of components and replacement parts. ND & JA Giles General Manager Nathan Duffield talks...
The world of gasket making has gone through major transformations in the past 80 years, but Seal Innovations, one of Australia’s oldest gasket manufacturers, hasn’t had any issues keeping up with the change. Since its establishment in early 1940s, Seal Innovations has constantly upgraded and modernised its machinery, bringing...
The CBC-Regency Park Branch Manager Darren O’Brien lives by three simple principles: Serving customers like you like to be treated, being proactive with customer orders, and always exceeding expectations. Having worked with CBC and its sister company, BSC, for over 34 years, Darren is famialr with the requirements of Australian manufacturers...
Drill rig chains work in some of the toughest environments. They’re also essential to a drilling rig assembly. As CBCAustralia’s National Product Manager for Power Transmission, Troy Markland, explains, “once a drilling operation starts, you can’t afford a chain to break halfway through the process.” This...
When conveying material, it is often necessary to attach additional conveyor belt products, such as a scraper or flaps, or extend flighting between a pair of parallel chains. In food and beverage (F&B) systems, these can be necessary to ensure the product flows to the right area in the process. And in order to attach these products to a system, often a roller chain attachment will be implemented.
