A Northeast Ohio steel mill was using standard cast-iron-housed pillow block bearings on its run-out table. The over spray from an external water bath installed to cool the bearing housing left water spots on the finished product.  Th Read More

BDI had a candy manufacturer that was having issues with water getting into their airlines. This was destroying certain parts on the line and caused unnecessary damage and downtime. The issue stemmed from the compressor, but each individual line was Read More

A paper manufacturer has four paper machines. The largest and most costly downtime ($8,000 hr) being a #4 paper machine. The paper machine OEM is no longer supplying parts for Eaton Aero Clutch. The OEM’s solution is to replace the clutch/brake Read More

What is an ECM motor and why do we care about them in the market? An article by RegalRexnord, "How ECM Motors Are Making a Difference" says first and foremost, ECM motors are permanent magnet motors. ECM motors have an integrated control that convert Read More

A leading manufacturer of metal storage systems, shelving, and wire products was experiencing frequent malfunctions in the vacuum pick and place transferring system on their robots. The company’s chief automation engineer contacted SMC hoping Read More

Back when gasoline was 35 cents a gallon, the term “environmental technology” was not well known. Recycling or conservation of resources was seldom discussed with any seriousness. The “bigger-is-better” philosophy not only produced big block engines Read More

A few years after the successful rollout of Globe Composite Jam Break Tools at a global package handling customer’s sortation sites across the country, BDI’s Technical Solutions Specialist Michael J. Martin began receiving calls from our Read More

A national prepared foods customer had been purchasing belts and supplies from BDI for years. During a plant visit, the BDI sales representative learned of the customer’s interest in purchasing a belt weld press. BDI recommended the customer&n Read More

An Italian paper company was experiencing reliability problems in a combustive air unit of a continuous paper machine. The bearings within the application were only lasting four (4) months on average. In some cases, they broke down prematurely causin Read More

An international petrochemical products manufacturer wanted to expand the knowledge of their engineering team on rolling element bearings specific to the refinery. NSK was consulted and after a review of the plant designed customized training course, Read More