In certain operating situations, industry is still experiencing premature fatigue failures of bearings well before their design life is achieved, according to Ross Lee, Technical Manager of Strategic Partnerships —Bearings for Motion Australia. Overwhelmingly, these bearing failures are due to what is known as “surface-initiated...
In recent years, the Motion Australia Workshop and Design Hub team in Chullora has been getting more involved in reclamation for bearings housings. “A lot of older sites use housings that they trust and prefer local solutions,” says Workshop Manager Mark McKiernan. “In my role, I...
According to the Victorian government’s Earth Resources Department, less than one percent of mining exploration activities results in the establishment of a mining operation, which is why exploratory mining often comes at a high financial cost and is strictly regulated for application requirements. “A drill rig...
ULTAGE is the new NTN standard production range of their latest bearing designs, developed to meet the requirements of heavy industry’s most demanding applications. The new range includes spherical roller bearings, tapered roller bearings, cylindrical roller bearings and a variety of other specialised and industry-specific...
In his role as Category Manager for Industrial Bearings, Tony Tormey has developed a kind of sixth sense for the subtle differences in bearing performance when they need to contend with dusty and dirty applications such as coal and ore mining operations, aggregate quarries, or...
Motion Australia’s Rob Michelson has over 30 years of experience working in Power Transmission roles and specialising in belt, gearbox, motor and coupling products. He began his career as a fitter within the mining and quarrying sectors where he did a lot of jobs on...
“Every so often, a range of products comes along that sets the standard and become unparalleled in the market,” says Tony Tormey– Category Manager for Industrial Bearings at Motion Australia. “And when it comes to bearings solutions for heavy industry, the Timken® solid-block housed units...
Rosynes Hernandez, Product Manager – Power Transmission for Gates® says that there is a lot of exciting innovation coming out of the United States and Europe with relevance for the Australian market. “Gates® and CBC frequently work together to do joint site calls to assess drive designs,” Rosynes says. “We have reps in every state in Australia and...
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...
“The service life of a vibrating screen has been historically finite, due to the stress, force and movement of material,” says Michael Greelish, National Account Manager for the Mining, Quarrying, and Resources for CBC. “As a result, vibrating screens frequently fail to achieve reliability and longevity on quarrying operations.” Furthermore, Michael emphasises that the overall output and productivity of a quarrying operation will largely depend on the performance of the vibrating screen applications, and the performance...
