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A leading UK company is set to save more than £5 million over five years following the installation of AESSEAL® LabTecta®OP bearing protectors.
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AESSEAL® helps UK firm to multi-million pound savings
A leading UK company is set to save more than £5 million over five years
following the installation of AESSEAL® LabTecta®OP bearing protectors.
The Aircrete block manufacturer specializes in road contracting and in the production of
construction materials and building products. It has a workforce of around 7,000 people
employed on more than 400 sites across the UK.
Its range of building products includes lightweight Aircrete concrete blocks. However, in the
course of the production process, the company was experiencing the persistent bearing
failure due to contamination of the bearings in the wheels of the autoclaves. Each autoclave
has more than 100 wheels, and with some 3,400 failures a year, the MTBF was running at
less than seven months. The result was a yearly bill of almost £620,000 a year in repairs and
maintenance, in addition to the loss of an average of two hours a week in downtime, which
amounted to a yearly cost of £728,000 in lost production.
The total cost to the company, including repairs and maintenance, downtime, and labour costs,
was around £1,400,000 a year. The solution was the installation of new wheels fitted with
AESSEAL® LabTecta®OP bearing protectors, which are specifically designed to prevent fluid
leakage. The total cost of this investment, at just under £1,100,000, means that it will have paid
for itself in under a year. Savings over the next five-year period will be more than £5.5 million.
‘More than £5.5 million saved over five years’
Industry: Construction
Product: LabTecta®OP
Application: Autoclaves
Savings: >£1 million each year
Reference N.O: TD3084392
A leading UK company is set to save more than £5 million over five years
following the installation of AESSEAL® LabTecta®OP bearing protectors.
The Aircrete block manufacturer specializes in road contracting and in the production of
construction materials and building products. It has a workforce of around 7,000 people
employed on more than 400 sites across the UK.
Its range of building products includes lightweight Aircrete concrete blocks. However, in the
course of the production process, the company was experiencing the persistent bearing
failure due to contamination of the bearings in the wheels of the autoclaves. Each autoclave
has more than 100 wheels, and with some 3,400 failures a year, the MTBF was running at
less than seven months. The result was a yearly bill of almost £620,000 a year in repairs and
maintenance, in addition to the loss of an average of two hours a week in downtime, which
amounted to a yearly cost of £728,000 in lost production.
The total cost to the company, including repairs and maintenance, downtime, and labour costs,
was around £1,400,000 a year. The solution was the installation of new wheels fitted with
AESSEAL® LabTecta®OP bearing protectors, which are specifically designed to prevent fluid
leakage. The total cost of this investment, at just under £1,100,000, means that it will have paid
for itself in under a year. Savings over the next five-year period will be more than £5.5 million.
‘More than £5.5 million saved over five years’
Industry: Construction
Product: LabTecta®OP
Application: Autoclaves
Savings: >£1 million each year
Reference N.O: TD3084392
Case Ref
TD3084392
Country
United Kingdom