ACORN® Insight

Keep up-to-date on the latest product and company news, along with useful information for the maintenance, repair and overhaul industry.

How are the balls in ball bearings made?

The process to make a ball inside a ball bearing perfectly smooth and spherical every time is surprisingly neat.

Detecting failure in railway bearings

Detecting failure in railway bearings is notoriously hard but innovations in equipment are making monitoring increasingly precise.

Acorn celebrates the New Year with the opening of a new central distribution centre

The New Year sees the relocation of Acorn Industrial Services’ three Rotherham warehouses into a single 40,000 sq. ft. Central Distribution Centre at Hellaby in Rotherham. Acorn’s 80 strong team worked...

My bearing went blue - what happened?

Did your failed bearing go blue? There are two reasons why this has happened. Find out what they are so you don’t make the same mistake again.

Ball Bearings in Watches

Ball bearings in watches make everything tick with unrivalled precision, making the time piece...timeless!

Thermoplastics in Engineering

Thermoplastics have a history of pioneering engineering and now they're starting to change the face of the ball bearing industry.

The Lundberg And Palmgren Theory: Predicting The Life Of A Ball Bearing

All predictions of the lifespan of a ball bearing are based on the Lundberg and Palmgren theory.

Acorn Rotherham Central Distribution Centre Relocates

Acorn’s Central Distribution Centre in Rotherham will relocate to new premises between the 20th December 2012 and 2nd January 2013.The new 40,000 sq ft premises, located just off junction 1 of the...

What Can A Hammer Mill Pulverise?

A hammer mill is a humble tool which performs a simple but essential task, and it can pulverise almost anything you can think of!

Comparing the maintenance of heavy equipment in rural and urban applications

Urban and rural environments are really different and they put different stresses on heavy equipment accordingly.

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