Those looking to buy or relubricate just a
few bearings with specialised grease will no longer need to meet minimum order requirements,
which can often exceed 1000. This will support cost-sensitive applications and
encourage wide-spread use of specialist grease to ensure bearing longevity.
This service will mean any number of
standard or specialist bearings can now be sourced and relubricated with
specialist grease in accordance with the customers' application. Bearing
failure is commonly due to the wrong quantity or type of grease for the
application. Bearings for high speed, high temperature or food grade
applications are all assigned the appropriate oils and greases by the technical
team at SMB Bearings, whether this be for one or 100 bearings.
"Customers may have previously faced
minimum order quantities from manufacturers, resulting in them buying bearings
in volumes that they don't require," said Chris Johnson, managing director at SMB Bearings. "The big
manufacturers prefer to produce bearings in bulk. This presents a two-fold
problem for those looking to buy non-standard bearings.”
"Bearings with non-standard lubricants supplied
by many manufacturers are generally only available in large quantities with very long delivery times. The alternative is often to
use bearings with a lubricant that is not best suited to the application.
This is where we come in. Even if customers have purchased shielded bearings that
are notoriously difficult to get into, we have bespoke equipment to remove the
standard lubrication, and replace it with specialised grease, regardless of
quantity."
If you are
looking to buy or relubricate a small number of bearings, then you will no
longer need to spend money on bearings you will never use. More
information about SMB Bearings’ small batch relubrication service
can be found on the company’s website. Alternatively, if you would like to
speak to one of the technical experts at SMB Bearings, you can contact the
company’s base in Oxfordshire on +44 (0) 1993 842 555.
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