Aggressive Environments

Businesses that operate within aggressive environments – industries that have to navigate extreme hot or cold temperatures and/or hazardous substances from chemicals to dust – are subject to strict regulatory and compliance requirements and of course just by the extreme and hazardous nature need specialist products and services.

At ERIKS we understand the challenges these industries face, so we’ve pooled together a number of useful resources including the latest news, products and services supported by awareness.

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Aggressive Environments

Back Issue: No. 43 Aggressive Environments

When you think ‘aggressive environment', what industries immediately spring to mind?’ Our guess is industries such as steel, mining and quarrying, oil and gas where the surrounding environment is particularly harsh.

For ERIKS In Action, we look at unidentified production problems that can hide no more recurring issues cost money. But the introduction of expert online vibration monitoring is the first step to highlighting and removing unidentified production problems.

Our In Focus takes a look at adopting new energy-saving methods that will soon be industry best practices. And what better way to start than by switching to high-efficiency IE4 motors.

Our Debate is asking, are we ready for the reshoring revolution? Although Covid and Brexit have without doubt accelerated the move towards reshoring, there are other long-standing factors that must be considered.

ERIKS Problem Solvers - Quick Solutions to Common Issues

Avoid High Abrasion and Wear Rates on Pumps

A commercial anaerobic digestion plant was experiencing excessive wear on their lobe pumps due to the variations in food waste and non-food contamination. An alternative longer life solution needed to be found, and Seepex had the answer. 

Conveyor Belt Wear - You Don't Have to Remove it from Service Before its Time

If you use a conveyor belt you will experience wear over time and might face the renewal of the whole system. At best, the conveyor will have to be removed from service long before its time. Thankfully Loctite have a nifty solution which can restore belts in just two hours... 

When Open Bearings Leaves You Open to Failure

An open-cast mining operator was experiencing excessive bearing failures on its conveyor system due to contamination. The company was using open cylindrical roller bearings allowing in grit. The issue was solved by simply switching their bearing...

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ERIKS in Action

Saving you time and money, each and every day

PRODUCTION RESTORED IN DAYS, NOT WEEKS, WITH GEARBOX

A large quarrying and mining business had to halt their production after their variator unit failed. As it was an obsolete design, it was a race against time to find a viable solution...

REDUCING LEAKAGE BY 50 TONNES PER YEAR

An ethylene plant estimated it had 50,000 joints with a gasket in place. Although the existing gasket specification was fit for purpose, ERIKS calculated a better gasket design could offer significant improvements...

FACING THE BRICK WALL OF OBSOLESCENCE

A brick manufacturer experienced a catastrophic bearing failure which destroyed their bearing housings leaving them at imminent risk of shutdown. To make matters worse the housings were now obsolete. Find out how ERIKS avoided shutdown...

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