In a bottling plant in Brazil, conventional deep groove ball bearings made of metal were used in various conveyor belts. The deep groove ball bearings have to be relubricated every fortnight and serviced at regular intervals. Furthermore, corrosion on the shafts leads to additional failures.

To avoid these problems in future, 60 igubal® spherical insert bearings were used in the conveyor belt as a test. The standard spherical insert bearings for metal pillow block and flange bearings are injection moulded from our material iglidur® J. The spherical insert bearings are maintenance-free, require no lubrication and are also corrosion-free.