The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is focused on preventing, rather than responding to, contamination in the U.S. food supply. There are various ways FUCHS helps food manufacturers to prepare their lubrication program to develop and meet the lu Read More

While parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) have already gone into effect, some of the more stringent guidelines took effect in August of 2017. The attached information from Carter Bearings details new products that will keep custom Read More

Review how energy savings can be achieved with synthetic oils versus standard food grade lubricants. See the attachment below for more details. Read More

Large bearings are an investment. Re-manufacturing these bearings protects the investment.     Read More

Providing guidance on Warner Linear Actuator basic selection.  The video references using the Warner Linear Catalog; the link is below. The second link offers a selection of various linear actuators. OR contact your nearest BDI Location to orde Read More

A BDI steel plant customer was purchasing 10-12 electromechanical actuators each month for its cassette lifter.  The hooks moved by the actuators were hitting the cassette, resulting in a shock load that would break the actuators. When this occu Read More

Linear Guides on a band cutter were being replaced every 3 weeks causing excessive maintenance, downtime and lost production. Existing linear guides were ArmoloyTM coated and used food grade grease but they were not holding up the perf Read More

From Gateway Safety, SteelyBlues™ safety glasses are the new steel standard in metal detectable safety eyewear. With patent-pending, end-to-end metal detectability, SteelyBlues is a true innovation in eye protection. Its revolutionary design includes Read More

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, defines the list of technologies that builds physical objects layer-by-layer from a three-dimensional digital model with plastic, metal, ceramic, or even human tissue. Since originally coming to exis Read More

A cement plant was experiencing premature bearing failure due to contamination in their slurry pumps. NSK recommended angular contact bearings and technical training. See the attachment below for more details.   Read More