How we helped our customer reduce costs through training. Our customer manufactures gas path components such as rotating blades for the aerospace and gas turbine industries. Their products were suffering from a high rate of bearing failure and they needed to know what was going wrong.
Supplying expertise
We know most bearing failures are due to poor fitting or maintenance, so we suggested more training, rather than more bearings. Together we set up a series of sessions for managers and engineers to educate them on installation and proper lubrication.
Further analysis
With our supply partner we also analysed the bearings that were in use and managed to diagnose issues caused by running different brands simultaneously in one machine. This insight has helped reduce downtime even further.
Small issue, big pay-off
This is a fine example of how something as small as a bearing can play a huge part in operating costs and efficiency. And how the right supplier should give you much more than replacement parts.