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Proactive vs preventative maintenance: What is right for your machinery?

Maintaining machinery effectively is crucial for maximising efficiency, minimising downtime, and controlling costs.

5 Reasons to Use Self-Aligning Ball Bearings

Maintaining efficiency and reliability is essential in many industries. This means bearings face many challenges, the most significant being misalignment issues, which can increase wear, reduce efficiency, and lead to costly downtime.

How to Reduce Maintenance Costs with Simple Condition Monitoring Strategies

Keeping on top of maintenance schedules can be time consuming and costly, particularly if you are facing frequent breakdowns and excessive downtime.

Preventing Bearing Failure: Best Practices and Maintenance Tips

Proper maintenance is key to maximising bearing life and equipment uptime. A bearing’s expected lifespan depends not only on its quality but also on the care taken during installation, maintenance, and dismounting

CASE STUDY: ACORN Helps Food Manufacturer with Lubrication Compliance

When a food manufacturing site in Kirkcaldy, which holds an impressive BRC AA+ rating, faced a crucial challenge: ensuring that its lubricant usage aligned fully with the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety (Issue 9), they weren’t sure where to turn

The Importance of Proper Bearing Lubrication for Optimal Performance

Bearings are the unsung heroes in most machinery. They allow for smooth rotation or linear movement, letting equipment run with minimal friction.

CASE STUDY: ACORN Solves Lubrication Woes for Medical Waste Recycling Plant

When a prominent recycling company that processes medical waste, approached ACORN due to persistent issues with bearing failure, they were determined to prevent persistent unplanned downtime.

How to Choose the Right Bearing for Your Machinery

When it comes to the performance and longevity of industrial machinery, few components are as critical as bearings.

Understanding Different Types of Bearings for Industrial Applications

Bearings are essential components in virtually all industrial machinery, enabling smooth rotation, reduced friction, and supporting loads in various applications.

CASE STUDY: ACORN® provides winning solution to motorsport customer

When a motorsport team were facing recurring issues with the wheel bearings (specifically 6011-2RS) in their track car, they found that the failures were leading to performance setbacks

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