Tyre manufacturer saves almost €100,000 a year with NSK ball screws Enduring frequent failures of the ball screw within the air drum of a tyre building machine, a tyre manufacturer turned to the expertise of NSK and its HTF series ball screw. By adopting this high-speed, high-load solution, the plant was able to reduce its replacement ball screw purchases by two-thirds, delivering annual savings of €99,128. The tyre manufacturer is also benefiting from reduced unplanned failures and lower maintenance costs. Following a failed ball screw analysis and machine application review, our experts found that the quality and specification of the existing ball screw was not sufficient for the loads exerted by the tyre building machine. We therefore recommended a trial of our HTF series high-load, high-speed ball screw, which proved highly successful and led to full technical approval and subsequent adoption. Discover more here: https://www.nskeurope.com/en/nsk-innovative-products/ball-screws-htf-series.html