Industrial preventive maintenance is critical to operation. Industrial rotating equipment can vary from a stand-alone machine to an entire process line. Each individual machine often contributes to the completed product. Preventative maintenance can be the main contributing factor to bottom line profits and prevents work stoppages. CMT technicians and tools in the field service vans […]
Preventative maintenance is essential for journal bearings
Journal bearings are a housing shell or metal sleeve that allows a shaft to rotate freely inside while the assembly is structurally supported. Numerous journal bearing applications exist: Journal bearings can be used in low-speed operations (5 rpm or less) in a grease lubricated brass sleeve. Pictured is an oil ring lubricated Babbitt bearing in […]