Conveyors play a vital role in maintaining the seamless operation of coal mines by facilitating the transportation of substantial coal quantities across vast distances. However, these conveyors are constantly exposed to challenging conditions, including high temperatures, humidity, dust, and contaminants. Such harsh environments pose significant...
During the manufacturing process, paper is fed through a vacuum and pressing stages of the machine, before being dried to remove any excess moisture. This controlled heat transfer effect also serves to bond the paper’s fibres together, using large cylinder-shaped rollers. The bearings on these rollers...
As Australia’s second largest crop export, sugar generates an annual revenue of nearly $2 billion. Branch Manager at BSC Cairns, Dion Tomasich, works closely with several large sugar mills in Queensland, and has seen the long-term performance of NSK’s Hi-TF Spherical Roller Bearings in action. “When...
BSC Bundaberg has been working alongside one of Queensland’s most environmentally conscious gold mines, offering an upgraded roller bearing solution on their fleet of dump trucks. Branch manager Dale Jackson explains that the RexnordLink-Belt product offers premium misalignment capabilities, and field adjustable clearance that is...
This year marks 50 years of service for BSC Orange in New South Wales. About 30 minutes Northwest of the branch is the Hanson aggregate quarry in Molong. “We have been solutions providers to the Hanson quarry since I’ve been branch manager here,” says Branch Manager of...
With over a hundred years’ history in brickmaking, Austral Bricks offers a wide range of creative designs for not just bricks, but also precast pavements, stonework and more. Robert Prasloski, Maintenance Manager for Austral Bricks’ Golden Grove plant talks about what goes into making top quality bricks, including how he maintains...
Opal Australian Paper, a major manufacturer of packaging papers and boards and Australia’s only manufacturer of inkjet, printing and office papers including the Reflex brand, has been working with BSC as a trusted supplier for nearly 20 years. BSC supplies a wide range of parts and...
The water industry is one of the largest industrial users of energy. The UN estimates that 0.62-0.87 KWh/m3 is required for wastewater treatment1 and it is estimated that electricity costs account for around 40% of all operational costs in wastewater treatment plants2. Moreover, US Electric Power...
When Queensland-based original equipment manufacturer, M&Q Equipment, was looking for a reliable local supplier to provide a range of bearings and bearing assembly components for their flagship slurry pumps, they turned to their trusted suppliers at BSC’s Wacol branch; which resulted in a partnership with...
