ACORN® Insight

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

The Different Types of Bearings

There are different types of bearings: ball bearings, roller bearings, spherical bearings, thurst bearings. We are happy to offer all types of bearings to our customers.

Helping Turn the Wheels of Industry with Ball Bearings

An introduction to a production of bearings. Acorn is an authorised supplier of SKF manufactured bearings.

Danny Roberts raises £13,000 for charity

After a hectic eight days of non-stop fund raising, warehouse operative Danny Roberts and his fiancée Becky narrowly missed winning their dream wedding in the ‘5 Brides 1 Wedding’ competition held by...

Maintenance Products that will help customers reduce machinery downtime and become more efficient

There are now signs that machines left idle in the past 2-3 years are beginning to run once more and companies are looking to increase their capacities to meet requirements. Acorn Industrial Services...

THK advise no major issues after Earthquake

THK's production facilities in Japan show no major issues following the Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake, which occurred at 2:46 p.m. on March 11. Mark Foster, Branch Manager for THK UK contacted Acorn to advise...

Harnessing Natures Climate Benefits

In an exciting and innovative new application for SKF actuators and controllers, Acorn Linear has been working with Naturelight Greenhouses to produce a fully opening and controllable greenhouse roof....

Today's the day

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Today marks the day that the new Acorn website goes live. The project has taken me almost two years from conception to completion and comprises of around 204 web pages at last count.

Acorn is now on Twitter

Follow AcornIndustrial on Twitter and keep up to date with the latest industry news.

Top ten inverter application tips

1. Soft start Soft starting of any application protects the mechanical drive system reducing wear and tear on bearings, belts, etc. Soft starting also reduces direct on line starting currents from 600%...

Couplings Bring Paper Machines Under Control

By eliminating coupling backlash, disc-pack couplings make paper machines faster and less troublesome Paul T. Harkness, Esco Couplings NV. Gear-type couplings have long been used in paper machinery...

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