Any Bearing, Any Problem, Anywhere

If you wanted to find two things as unalike as chalk and cheese, ferries and bricks would pretty much meet the brief. But for the ERIKS Bearing and Lubrication team, they’re just two more problems to solve. Firstly, repeated bearing failures on a chain ferry; and secondly, a catastrophic bearing failure on a brick hammer mill.

With three Product Development Managers, two Application engineers and a CAD specialist with the unit itself – and the resources of ERIKS Engineering Services to call on if required – the PBU looks beyond the symptoms to find the cause, then a long-term, cost-effective solution that also reduces Total Cost of Ownership.

Far from plain sailing

For a ferry operator, that meant resolving the cause of the bearing failures, and removing some significant health and safety risks with the existing bearing set-up. ERIKS’ solution was to remove the assembly and take it back to the workshop, where it was completely stripped down and re-engineering to a new design.

Up against a brick wall

Another problem for the Bearings and Lubrication PBU was the catastrophic failure of a brick hammer mill, used for powdering clay before extrusion. In this case, the cause was slightly ironic. Lack of lubrication led to the failure.

Called into solve the problem, ERIKS not only designed and manufactured a new housing unit, but also changed the original design to make it quicker to fabricate and less likely to fail again.

Having problems with your bearings and lubrication? Why not give one of our highly skilled technicians a call on 0121 508 6000 or view our full range of services at www.eriks.co.uk.