{"id":71967,"date":"2020-08-21T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T14:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpm.com.ng\/?p=71967"},"modified":"2024-05-29T10:21:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:21:47","slug":"skf-sets-new-standard-for-hygienic-design-with-ground-breaking-food-line-ball-bearing-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpm.com.ng\/fr\/skf-sets-new-standard-for-hygienic-design-with-ground-breaking-food-line-ball-bearing-units\/","title":{"rendered":"SKF bearings set a new standard for hygienic design with ground-breaking Food Line ball bearing units"},"content":{"rendered":"

Innovative ball skf bearing units expand hygienic-design possibilities, while delivering improved reliability, reduced maintenance costs, and increased sustainability for food and beverage companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 January 2019: With companies striving to perfect a proactive approach to food safety, SKF<\/a> is launching the new Food Line ball bearing units \u2013 Blue Range, which extend a hygienic-design mentality to bearing unit components for food-processing equipment.<\/p>\n

Since 2012, the food and beverage industry has seen a significant increase in units recalled\u2014a 92,7% spike in FDA recalls and an 83,4% uptick in recalled products by the USDA.  Meanwhile, bacterial contamination and undeclared allergens together represent 75% of the top FDA food recall causes based on units.  With recalls on the rise, it\u2019s no wonder that proactive food safety has become the foremost concern for food and beverage executives. While the broader approach to addressing food safety is top of the priorities, understanding about contamination risks at the component level has been lacking\u2014along with a solution to address it.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompanies have safety practices to protect their food product. These might include measures such as posted signs encouraging hand-washing or purchasing hygienically designed \u2018food grade\u2019 machines,\u201d said Victoria van Camp, CTO & President, Innovation and Business Development, SKF. \u201cThe problem is, traditional relubrication, wash-downs, and dry cleaning of bearings can create hidden means by which contaminants thrive, such as airborne droplets, wastewater, or contaminated grease.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the video<\/a> about how bacteria can enter the bearings and spread as the result of a cleaning regime.<\/p>\n

\u201cEliminating these food-safety threats requires a different approach to hygienic design, and that\u2019s what the Food Line ball bearings \u2013 Blue Range are designed to deliver \u2013 concludes Victoria.\u201d<\/p>\n

SKF has specifically developed its Food Line ball bearing units from a clean sheet of paper, component by component, to improve hygiene, performance, and compliance with food safety regulations.<\/p>\n

Thanks to an innovative sealing system, high performing bearing grease, and complete seal-ability of the units where it\u2019s needed, SKF Food Line ball bearings deliver outstanding performance benefits. Watch here what is behind the innovation.<\/p>\n

This means OEMs can innovate the performance and hygienic design of their food processing equipment through bearing units that last longer, are relubrication-free and highly cleanable.<\/p>\n

As a result, food and beverage processing companies can reduce unnecessary risks to food safety \u2013 Hygienic design of the bearing units reduces risk of bacteria build-up in hard-to-clean areas and minimizes the spread of bacteria during cleaning.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, they can lead to an increased production uptime \u2013 Because bearing units do not require relubrication, there is no need to stop equipment for lubrication activities and less time is required for cleaning excess bearing grease\u2014reducing downtime and maximizing production opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Blue Range eliminates cost of relubrication and reduces bearing replacement frequency \u2013 With its relubrication-free capability and high-performance even in challenging food and beverage processing environments, companies can eliminate re-greasing material and labor costs, while reducing the frequency, thus cost of bearing replacements.<\/p>\n

And, it reduces environmental waste \u2013 With less hot water needed for cleaning, grease in waste water and components that can be 100% recycled and energy recovered, companies can foster a preventive- versus disposal-oriented environmental.<\/p>\n

While bearings often go unnoticed in day-to-day life, it\u2019s safe to say that our world would not be the same without the invention of bearings. The innovation that bearings brought on has allowed humankind to move heavy objects with ease and has created conveniences through modern machinery. RPM solutions<\/a> can help you find the authentic bearing products, you’re looking to help you reduce downtime and guarantee the quality you and your customers deserve.<\/p>\n

For more information on how SKF\u2019s Food Line ball bearing units \u2013 Blue Range can help companies improve hygienic-design thinking and reach food-safety, performance, cost or sustainability goals, visit here.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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