NSK bearings deliver major savings at snack food plant When a major snack food producer began experiencing repeat failures of the bearings on its cutter lines, a switch to our Life-Lube® bearing units delivered savings in excess of €130,000. As part of NSK’s Added Value Programme, AIP, a process map survey was conducted encompassing an investigation of the failed bearings by NSK’s engineering team. This activity identified grease expulsion as the problem due to line wash-down procedures. We proposed replacing the incumbent bearings with our Life-Lube® housed bearing units on one cutter line. After 12 months, the bearings were still performing well with no failures, eliminating production downtime entirely. Alongside lower costs for parts and maintenance labour, the plant is seeing impressive annual savings of €134,478. Our Life-Lube® housed bearing units now populate the snack food plant’s other two cutter lines. Discover more here: https://www.nskeurope.com/en/nsk-innovative-products/life-lube.html