Steel mill reaps rewards from adopting NSK bearings. When a steel mill was experiencing regular failures of the bearings within its pilger mill, the plant turned to the expertise and experience of NSK for a robust and economic solution. A technical application analysis performed by our engineering team revealed that the main problems were severe operating conditions exacerbated by high loads and inadequate lubrication. A trial using a special NSK spherical roller bearing with an optimised internal design that took advantage of our proprietary Super Tough (STF) steel showed double the operating life. Indeed, reductions in production downtime, maintenance labour, replacement bearings and other material replacements led to annual costs savings of €159,933. Discover more https://www.nskeurope.com/en/nsk-innovative-products/tf-series-bearings.html