MechChem Africa January 2017

⎪ Power transmission, bearings, bushes and seals ⎪

Power transmission brands offer cost-savings and reduced downtime

“Bearings International represents a host of agencies, all offering top-quality products manufactured by international market leaders for niche markets,” says Brian Tillie, the company’s product manager for power transmission products.

L eadingsupplierBearingsInternational (BI) offers one of the most compre- hensive power transmission drive product ranges available in the local market. “In terms of its extensive product offering for power transmission drives, BI represents a host of agencies,” points out the company’s power transmission product manager, Brian Tillie. These include V and wedge belts from Opti andContinental, ventilated turbopulleys (VTPs) fromBirnGermany, taper bushes from RCO, industrial power tools from Makita, chain and anti-vibration units as well as spe- cialised hosing from Contitech. “While we target all market segments, we focus mainly on mining, heavy industrial, timber and food and beverage,” Tillie high- lights. He adds that the main benefits of the brands representedbyBI arecost-savings and reduced downtime. “These are all top-quality niche products manufactured by international market lead- ers. In terms of installation and aftermarket support, we are able to offer correct drive de- signs, training, technical bulletinback-ups and even laser alignment of drives,” Tillie explains. BI, part of the Hudaco Group, has consoli- dated its position as a leading distributor of bearings and power transmission products in southern Africa by launching a new brand identity at the end of last year. “Ouraimistobecomeaproactivecompany providing excellent service to our customers to ensure we are the preferred supplier. We stronglybelievewe should rather competeon value, providing advanced, industry-specific solutions and services, and thus safeguard industry sustainability,” Burtie Roberts, CEO of BI, elaborates. “As amember of the Hudaco Groupwith a customer-focused approach, we are commit- ted todelivering value to all our stakeholders, while offering quality solutions that make a real difference tooptimising plant availability and turnaround times. With over 58 years in thebearings industry, BI puts its experience to good use by going to great lengths to ensure that our product range and servicesmeet the

changing needs of clients, industry and businesses,” Tillie concludes. Backed by an elite technical team, BI covers the full spectrum of customer re- quirements, and is able to ensure immediate availability of products through a nationwide network of branches. q

BI power transmission products include venti- lated turbo pulleys (VTPs) from Birn in Germany; taper bushes from RCO and V and wedge belts and pulleys from Opti and Continental.

BI also has the agency for Makita Industrial power tools.

Ventilated turbo pulleys Birn VTP pulleys are a V-belt pulley with a new design for opti- mised performance. One of the most notable improvements is the casting, which has resulted in a weight reduction of up to 50% compared to conventional V-belt pulleys. Furthermore, due to the tilted spokes, the internal tensions of the V-belt pulley are reduced considerably. High quality GGG 60 iron allows the circumferential speed to be increased to up to 100 m/s and the wear of the V-belts is considerably slower than those made from grey iron. VTP belt systems operate at lower working temperatures, by

up to 17 °C lower, compared to standard V-belt pulleys. This also improves belt lifetimes. ACC-surface treatment (autophoretic coating chemicals) is a new and more efficient surface treatment of castings. Among the other advantages, the ACC process adds a higher chemical resistance tooil, petrol, brakefluid and lubricants andexceptional physical properties to the cured film (6H-pencil hardness). Priming and finishing paint can be also be applied directly onto the ACC surface. q

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