Spherical Roller Bearing Tag
14 Feb Fit for the grind: NTN’s Mill trunnion bearings
When the bore diameter of a bearing is 1.5 metres, it’s not classified as an ‘off-the-shelf’ item. Yet these extra-large bearings are often employed on critical pieces of equipment, such as the trunnions of grinding mills at mine sites. This is why a trusted supplier with engineering expertise in the installation and maintenance of these bearings is so important to the customers that use them.
31 Jan CBC and NTN: A smooth venture
The marketing motto adopted by Japanese-founded bearing manufacturer NTN, with its history of more than 100 years, is to ‘make the world ‘NAMERAKA’, with ‘NAMERAKA’ meaning ‘SMOOTH’ in Japanese. It’s an apt tagline as NTN is renowned for its production of anti-friction bearings, which are made to be smoother than the surface of a mirror.
31 Jan Keeping Australia’s cotton gins spinning
In sport, Australia often has a reputation for punching above its weight, and this is something the nation is often proud of. Less commonly recognised, however, are the industries where Australia is a leader on a global scale, outperforming other countries with industries much larger in size.
16 Dec Extending shredder service life
Shredding and removing deleterious materials can place extensive pressure on the machine itself, meaning the right componentry is needed to support the task. Fortunately, innovations in productivity have continued to offer the recycling sector higher throughputs at a lower operating cost. For shredding applications, a high performance...
16 Dec Importance of bearings in Australia’s paper industry is no pulp fiction
Pulp and paper production is a vital industry for Australia that delivers wide-ranging socio-economic benefits. The country’s pulp and paper mills support close to 70,000 full-time jobs – primarily in rural and regional areas – and contribute $3.7 billion to the economy1,2. Importantly, Australia’s percentage...
21 Nov Refining the sugar cane production process
Australia produces about 35 million tonnes of raw sugar every year, with 80 per cent of it exported. Sugar cane farms run from the north of New South Wales through to northern Queensland, mainly on the east coast. Sugar cane came to Australia via South Africa...