Food-Safe Plastic Bushings
Bushings are used in all types of manufacturing industries and food processing is no exception. Metal bearings such as roller bearings and bronze bearings are widely used but, as in other industries, plastic bushings tend to perform significantly better than metal,...
Performance Plastics Conquers Friction to Reduce Maintenance
Metal-to-metal wear from friction is a maintenance nightmare for many industries. Constant lubrication, prematurely wearing parts and seizing lead to an increase in wage expenses, safety issues, productivity losses, and equipment damage that could be avoided....
Product Spotlight: Bushings and Bearings
Bushings and bearings – most industries need them and in many applications plastic is superior to materials such as bronze or babbit. If you’re interest in how a switch to plastic bearings could help you, please contact us, but there are a few plastics...
Plastic Bushing Solutions
Industrial plastics serve as an excellent bushing/bearing material in everything from needle bearings to large marine bushing applications. Since many industrial plastics are suitable for different bushing applications its best to know the advantages, and potential...
Solution Spotlight – Kiln Cart Bushings
Earlier this year a customer of ours contacted us, frustrated with the performance of their existing kiln cart bushings. The carts were very difficult to move – so much so that motorized equipment was being used to pull and push them through the kiln. Our...