ACORN® Insight
Keep up-to-date on the latest product and company news, along with useful information for the maintenance, repair and overhaul industry.
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Manufacturer App of the Month: SKF Seal Select App
Similar to the SKF Bearing Calculator, the SKF Seal select App helps with the seal selection process depending on the application parameters users input. Find out our top reasons for loving this App!
The Engineers Guide to Essential Maintenance
What's in your maintenance cupboard? Our Bearings & Maintenance Products Expert, Clive Simkins has put together his guide to essential maintenance tools you should have in your cupboard.
Manufacturer App of the Month: SKF DialSet
Reduced downtime and potential bearing damage by using the SKF DialSet App to accurately set up your automatic lubrication system.
Featured App of the Month: NSK Troubleshooting (Bearing Doctor) App
Identify potential damage and failures in your rolling bearings before they happen, saving you valuable time and money!
Sheila Celebrates 30 Years at ACORN!
It's '88, there's big hair and even bigger fashion statements (we have the pictures to prove it!). Most people are still recording every sale and piece of stock on paper - and as ACORN begins to grow, Sheila joins the team as an Office Assistant.
ACORN Split Downtime In Half With SKF Cooper’s Split-To-The-Shaft Bearings
Acorn Industrial Services Ltd are proud to have been awarded Authorised Distributor status for SKF Cooper bearings, completing the full range of SKF products available to customers.
Celebrating 50 years of Cooper Angled Pedestals
Many would argue that 1968 is the year that changed history. From the Vietnam war, to the civil rights movement, to the death of Martin Luther King Jr: 1968 changed the world forever.
What is Industry 4.0 and why is everyone talking about it?
Industry 4.0: it seems to be the topic on everyone's lips. But, what does it actually mean? In an age supposedly on the cusp of a 4th industrial revolution, why do you need to move into 'Industry 4.0' and how can you make it as easy and pain free as possible?
How do you tell if you’ve got a top quality Freudenberg radial shaft seal?
Picture this: you walk into your metal rolling mill and see your largest electric motor, sitting there in a puddle of oil. On closer inspection, it’s obvious to you that a replacement rotary shaft seal is what’s required, but where do you start?
SKF Introduces IMx-8 For Compact Machine Health Monitoring
SKF have unveiled their new Multilog online machine health monitoring system, IMx-8. This smaller condition monitoring system provides a complete system for early fault detection, allowing maintenance to be carried out proactively to reduce downtime.