In the video below, Maxco shows in how to measure a roller chain for wear elongation. Maxco Industrial Chains and Sprockets Read More

Metal on metal wear was causing frequent replacement. The mess associated with the chain was not acceptable in this application in a food plant. Gates has a solution that will last and not cause contamination issues. Read More

A roller chain was rusting and the sprockets were wearing, requiring regular replacement. The roller chain and sprockets component costs were high, not to mention the downtime for maintenance. The customer was looking for a maintenance-free al Read More

Corrosion was causing serious problems on the chain drives of a packing plant’s ham line conveyors.  Gates recommended a solution that operated for years without issues. Click on the attachment to learn more. Read More

Excessive wear and tab breakage on bakery belts causes downtime approximately every eight months. The standard UHMW wear strips used by one bakery for years had caused loads of spoiled dough and lost productivity. For information about the BDI-recomm 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

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

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

The line shafts at a BDI flour mill customer’s facility are up to 30 feet long, with as many as eight split bearings that hang 15 feet above the floor. Shaft sizes range form 2-15/16" to 4-7/16". Some of the shafts were worn out where the beari Read More

A paper machine has a variety of rollers that are driven by a flexible coupling. Machines are typically sold with standard gear couplings, but in some machine designs (see attached paper mill case study), the couplings can be difficult to maintain: Read More