Totally accessible at all times

The Cooper bearing is completely split to the shaft. This feature alone save countless hours on installation and inspection.

There is no need to remove ancillary equipment to check a Cooper bearing. Inspection is simple.

Simply remove the pedestal cap and the top part of the cartridge housing and outer race assembly. The entire bearing is now ready for inspection.

This applies to every Cooper bearing, no matter how large or the type of mounting, every Cooper bearing can be inspected and maintained in this way.

Maintenance savings

As the inspection process is so easy, the saving that can be made in maintenance hours are considerable. When the working life of a Cooper bearing is taken into account, the Cooper bearing becomes an extremely attractive investment.

Proven return on investment

In the case of one long term Cooper customer: a heavy duty clinker breaker application in the cement industry utilizing solid bearings was undergoing bearing replacement every six months, each changeout took 32 man hours with the downtime at 16 hours. Production loss was quoted at $7,500 per hour, this alone totaled a production loss cost to the customer of $120,000 per changeout. The total cost per year for this customer was $240,960.

The bearings were then replaced with Cooper 03 BCP 180mm GR bearings. Installation time plummeted to 4 hours with the resultant savings. Uptime increased with production loss costs reduced to $15,000. Instant savings of $105,000.

On going long term benefits

In three years, the original Cooper bearing has not been changed. This is due to the customers’ preventative maintenance program, ease of inspection and the quality of the the Cooper product.

At the time these costs were compiled, this customer was saving $235,940 per machine. The level of saving increased on a monthly basis, proving that even in the toughest operating conditions, a Cooper bearing is a proven return on investment.

The top photograph shows the clinker breaker with guards removed for photographic purposes and the lower picture illustrates a typical trapped application, in this instance, a steel works cooling bank. The accessibility benefits of a totally split Cooper bearing can be readily appreciated from these two photographs.

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