Food Processing Filled Bearings

Potato chip sizer

BEARING TYPE:

1" housed bearings

CONDITIONS:

During the sizing operation, salt and other seasonings are added. These solid particulates contaminated the bearings, causing bearing failure in 6-8 weeks. Downtime costs customer $25,000 per hour.

RESULTS:

MicroPoly filled bearings have been running for 2 years without any problems. Estimated annual savings is $660,000. MicroPoly is now used on all of the sizing lines and inclines.