NSK Turkey is adding value for customers in the steel industry by hosting training days at a trio of steelmaking facilities. The three training days were completed recently in line with the corporate goal of continuously increasing customer knowledge in this important sector for Turkey´s economy.
Although training at customer premises will be rolled out to other industries, NSK Turkey commenced the programme by identifying three prominent steel mills that, like many throughout the world, leverage the benefits of NSK´s bearing technologies.
The aim was to make manufacturing operations and maintenance processes more efficient and, therefore, more profitable. Across the three customer sites, a total of 60 participants from steel mill departments such as mechanical maintenance, roll shops and continuous casting benefited from the knowledge imparted.
In steelmaking, bearings are deployed in a vast range of plant and equipment serving both upstream and downstream processes, from the storage yard for raw materials to actual rolling and refining operations.
The working environment for these bearings is unique to steelmaking, predominantly due to factors such as particle contamination, water and heat. In addition, the bearings will likely have to cope with heavy or shock loads, vibration, extreme operational speeds, and rapid acceleration and deceleration.
“According to our philosophy of increasing customer knowledge, our team of specialists has initiated a series of sector-based technical training programmes held at customer premises, the first of which was for the steelmaking sector”, says Emrah Çakır, Territory Manager, NSK Turkey. “The training days were conducted at three important steel mills with the input of NSK´s European Steel Sector Manager, Mihai Samoila.”
NSK can offer a wide range of bearing solutions for the steelmaking sector, extending from standard to high-capacity units. At the steel mill training days in Turkey there was focus on the latest NUB series of bearings for continuous casting, as well as the new J-Line bearing units that are manufactured to the JIS standard and come in six popular housing types. Also showcased was the NSK Added Value Programme (AIP), where support is provided to make customer operations and maintenance processes more efficient and profitable.
NSK´s comprehensive training offer helps customers expand on their day-to-day knowledge and utilise bearings to maximise the working life of machines and equipment. The latest training programme includes a wide variety of established courses that focus on the major learning needs of those involved in specifying, using and maintaining bearings, with specialist instructors on hand to help.
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Established over 100 years ago, NSK (Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese-listed company that has evolved from a regional ball bearing supplier to a roller bearing specialist and automotive supplier with a global market presence. Today, NSK employs more than 31,400 employees in 30 countries. As per March 2019, NSK achieved sales of 991,4 billion Yen. This result has been driven by ever-increasing investment in research & development, enabling the company to continuously improve the quality of its products and services. This investment supports NSK’s objective of “No. 1 in Total Quality”. In addition to a complete rolling bearing portfolio, NSK develops and manufactures precision components and mechatronic products, as well as systems and components for the automotive industry, including wheel bearing units and electric power-steering systems. In 1963, NSK’s first European subsidiary, Düsseldorf, Germany, was opened and in 1976, the first European production facility in Peterlee, England. Today, NSK Europe supports pan-European sales with production locations in England, Poland and Germany, logistics centres in the Netherlands, Germany and England and technology centres in Germany, England and Poland. In 1990, NSK purchased the UPI Group including the renowned European bearing manufacturer RHP, with its factory in Newark (UK). Additionally, NSK has developed a comprehensive network of authorised sales distributors. NSK Europe is divided into application-based business divisions: Industry rolling bearing technologies & linear and precision technology (EIBU) as well as bearing modules and steering systems for the automotive industry (EABU & ESBU). In this organisation, NSK Europe's 4,260 employees achieved a turnover of over 1,045 million Euros as per March 2019.
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