In July 2011, Schaeffler UK received a telephone call from an area works engineer at the BOS Plant, advising of a sudden bearing failure on the non-drive side (NDS) of the V2 BOS plant vessel, After 36 hours of cutting away the existing bearing, Schaeffler was part of the team that replaced the main trunnion bearings on a BOS plant using split bearings, which helped save the customer valuable time and money. Schaeffler UK was part of the team that successfully completed the replacement of the main trunnion bearings on a BOS (Basic Oxygen Steelmaking) plant at Tata Steel Port Talbot. By replacing the drive-side trunnion bearings with split rolling bearings, Schaeffler also helped to save the customer five extra days of work. If solid rather than split bearings had been used, the customer would have had to disassemble the bull gear unit (i.e. the main drive unit for the BOS plant vessel).
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