The True Cost of Cheap Maintenance in Industry
Discover why reducing maintenance spend often leads to higher costs through downtime, energy waste, premature asset failure and lost productivity.
Discover why reducing maintenance spend often leads to higher costs through downtime, energy waste, premature asset failure and lost productivity.
How ACORN sourced and delivered critical SKF bearings within 24 hours to keep a ferry drivetrain repair on schedule and avoid costly downtime.
A food manufacturer slashes downtime and maintenance by switching to SKF FoodLine bearing, with 12 months of uninterrupted production.
Few components match the strength and durability of Spherical Roller Bearings (SRB’s). Designed to handle heavy loads and cope with misalignment, they’re a staple in demanding industries like mining, construction, and material handling.
Traditionally, maintenance strategies have focused on reactive or preventive approaches. However, with the advent of advanced technologies, predictive maintenance has emerged as a game-changer in the industry.
This user-friendly app simplifies bearing management, provides critical calculations, and ensures your super-precision bearings operate at peak performance.
When Business Development Manager Jay Goodgame visited a local quarry, he quickly realised an urgent breakdown situation was unfolding at another site nearby. An engineer was struggling to source an SNR bearing at a fair price but with no luck.
Maintaining machinery effectively is crucial for maximising efficiency, minimising downtime, and controlling costs.
Keeping on top of maintenance schedules can be time consuming and costly, particularly if you are facing frequent breakdowns and excessive downtime.
Acorn Industrial Services Ltd, a leading distributor of maintenance and industrial products, is the headline sponsor and will be exhibiting at the upcoming Industrial Maintenance Solutions Summit (IMSS) at the CBS Arena in Coventry on the 10th September 2024.
A limestone quarry customer thought it would be plain sailing when supplied with a brand-new excavator fitted with a fully automatic lubrication system.
SKF has released a new generation of maintenance equipment; the range introduces five new innovative products alongside the release of essential updates for some existing products.
Leading power transmission stockist ACORN® has become the first company in the UK to be awarded new maintenance product partner status by the world-leading bearing and maintenance product manufacturer - SKF.
This partnership is an important milestone for ACORN and will enable the company to offer its clients the highest-quality precision bearings available in the market with same-day despatch on hundreds of stocked items
We have put together a list of products that can offer palpable energy savings by increasing the efficiency of your machinery and drives.
You are often told the best methods for bearing mounting, but what are the worst? 1 in 6 bearing failures are due to poor fitting practices, so it's best to know what to avoid.
Join Clive Jennings and Andy Fletcher as they take you through a step-by-step buide to fitting an SKF Cooper Bearing.
Bearings are the most common machine component, found in almost every industrial application in the world. The history of the bearing dates all the way back to 2,600BC; find out how we got to the bearings we know today.