NSK is exhibiting for the first time a range of sleeves, aimed mainly at OEMs and other volume users of sleeves or lubricated bushings used in equipment such as excavator buckets, backhoe linkages and conveyors. NSK is able to offer bespoke designs, manufactured using its own super hard wearing bearing steels, combined with many years of lubrication expertise to help deliver improved wear life and ensure reliable performance in tough mine and quarry applications.
Sleeve bearings or bushings are a crucial component in achieving reliable operation in a range of buckets, blades, backhoes and conveyor equipment. Separating the mechanical actuation part of the assembly with the bucket or container the design and material specification of a sleeve can determine the wear life of the entire piece of plant equipment. Not all OEMs and other volume users however are fully aware of the advantages of using a bearing manufacturer to produce their sleeves.
NSK has huge experience in manufacturing bearing steel, hardening and machining of bearing surfaces, studying the effects of heavy loads and sealing solutions in combination with different lubrication techniques. Each sleeve product is therefore designed and manufactured for a particular application, taking into account loads, operating conditions, duty cycles and lubrication regimes. Bespoke lubrication features such as holes, grooves and cut outs can be included to suit the application.
The difference between a sleeve manufactured with this level of engineering knowledge and attention to detail and one simply machined to spec by a non-specialist is ultimate confidence in both quality and performance.
Due to the high capital cost of mine and quarry equipment and the need to avoid maintenance downtime in order to meet productivity targets, a simple and often overlooked component such as a sleeve or bushing can have a huge impact on total cost of ownership. It is therefore worth checking where sleeves are being sourced from and talking to a specialist such as NSK about ensuring the best sleeve component is in place.
NSK sleeves are manufactured to extremely strict quality standards and supplied in large range of different sizes.
Examples of NSK sleeves will be on show on the NSK stand No PA12 / PB11 at HILLHEAD 2014 quarrying exhibition held at Hillhead Quarry, Buxton from 24th – 26th June 2014.
Helena Measham, Customer Service & Marketing Communications Manager
NSK UK Ltd
Northern Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2JF,
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Web: www.nskeurope.com
Email: info-uk@nsk.com
NSK Europe Ltd
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About us
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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