Published: 18/10/2021, 10:30
Brammer Buck & Hickman’s 4 tips for bearings in the food & drink sector
4 key factors that affect food and drink businesses and production processes, and can impact on the bearings you use.
At Brammer Buck & Hickman we have extensive experience of working with some of the biggest names in the food and drink sector. All across the UK, many businesses in this industry choose us for their industrial supplies and services because of our specific sector expertise.
Our vast experience means that we are able to better understand the unique and specific needs that relate to your business and your production processes and to provide bearings that meet those needs.
We know that there are key, specific issues that affect food and drink businesses and production processes, and can impact the bearings you use:
Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations are becoming ever more stringent and require companies to incorporate the latest advancements in hygienic design into all of your food processing assets. Consider this: SKF Food Line relubrication-free bearings with food approved components (FDA/NSF) are lubricated for life and specially developed to help eliminate contaminants and reduce the spread of bacteria.
Cost Reduction is a key consideration in production processes, whether that be in sourcing lower cost components, making processes more efficient and reducing downtime. Consider this: swapping to lower cost bearings can be a false economy as poorer quality bearings are unlikely to last long, resulting in more maintenance and unplanned failure. Using SKF quality relubrication-free bearing technologies may represent a larger initial outlay but save on the cost of lubrication, labour and unexpected downtime, for an improved real total cost of ownership.
Operating Conditions can have a big impact on your production lines, such as constant washdown, high sustained speeds and working with high temperatures. Consider this: SKF Fryer Bearing Units use a special high-temperature PEEK-material cage design, along with stainless-steel bearing components, to provide optimum performance in challenging environments with extreme temperatures. Highly innovative, they allow cooking oil to enter the bearing and act as a lubricant while simultaneously preventing contaminants from entering the process!
Sustainability needs to run across a business, right down to component parts. The aim is to reduce your carbon footprint, reduce waste and recycle where possible Consider this: SKF Food Line relubrication-free bearings require 33% less hot water to clean than open bearing units, consume less energy, have a low frequency of replacement and 59% of the product can be recycled. If you work in the food and drink sector and would like advice on bearings solutions for your site, contact your local branch.
