Napoleon Engineering Services Environmental Testing Provides Bearing Solutions for the Agricultural Industry


Olean, NY-- Bearings within agriculture applications reside in a demanding environment.
Facing environmental factors such as mud, dust, and dirt bearing seals must perform efficiently to ensure the integrity of the product, acting to prevent premature failure. With a growing number of applications struggling with seal effectiveness, the problem has escalated along with the costs associated with the repair and down
time of the machine.

Finding more cost efficient ways of operating is a measure all industries strive for. The first step in becoming more cost efficient is identifying new sources of product supply without sacrificing quality and reliability that customers have come to expect; unfortunately ensuring that a new product or bearing functions to the standards of the industry and company is not always easy. Needing a way to qualify new suppliers in a timely and unbiased fashion, leaders in the agricultural industry turned to the largest independent Bearing Testing and Bearing Inspection facility in the country, Napoleon Engineering Services (NES), for answers.

Understanding the demanding nature agricultural applications face, NES introduced their mud slurry and dust box test rigs to test seal efficiency in simulated conditions the machinery faces. Providing an extremely aggressive level of testing, NES environmental testing consists of single source and A to B comparison to match the needs of each client.

Consisting of a mixture of ISO coarse test dust, calcium chloride, fertilizer and water NES' mud slurry test rigs are ideal for the agriculture industry. With the ability to test seal designs from single-lip configurations to multi-lip agricultural arrangements and a range of bearings sizes NES can provide valuable information for a
number of applications. Used for bearings that operate in dry, arid climates, the dust box test rigs contain ISO fine or coarse test dust to provide the greatest assurance that the seal will provide a contamination free environment. Both mud slurry and dust box tests allow bearing users to make critical decision on seal efficiency in a matter of weeks instead of months of unreliable field testing.

Identifying new product sources can also occur quickly and accurately with NES' Source Qualification Inspection (SQI). The industrial bearing equivalent to the FAA-PMA reverse engineering program, SQI allows OEM's to understand why the baseline supplier is effective and what characteristics ensure the bearing performs effectively in a particular application. By ensuring repeat success, the manufacturer is able to reduce
the risk of bearing failure. The unique SQI program employs a series of dimensional and material inspections to provide in-depth analysis of the design intentions, manufacturing capabilities, and quality of workmanship between different suppliers.

NES continues to provide solutions to many agricultural and heavy equipment companies, through these and other services. Providing solutions to the agricultural industry is a measure NES engineers take pride in, as evident through the unbiased comprehensive information provided though our inspection and testing services.

About Napoleon Engineering Services:

Napoleon Engineering Services, founded in 1997 in Olean, NY, is a privately-owned, one-stop shop for engineered bearing products, specializing in bearing inspection, bearing testing and custom bearing manufacturing. With a thorough understanding of bearing design, manufacturing, inspection, and testing, NES provides clients with a resource for all bearing needs. NES can be reached at(877) 870-3200 or through www.nesbearings.com

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