A Monday before a recent 4-day holiday weekend, Bearing Headquarters received a call from a utilities company with a unit down because the 10” diameter output shaft on the main gearbox twisted off. After some conversation with our reducer rebuild shops, the customer...
Bearing Headquarters (BHQ) is proud to announce that Jim Scardina was elected to serve as President of the Bearing Specialist Association (BSA). Jim Scardina, a long time Senior Vice President at BHQ, has attended many BSA conventions. Jim has served on task forces,...
Headco Industries is proud to announce that our Gears & Sprockets shop in Broadview, Illinois has achieved the prestigious status and certification as a Timken Bearing Certified repair shop. This certification is only held by a few shops that have demonstrated the...
Problem: A fabricator of pressure vessels was breaking gearboxes, chains, and drive shafts on their trunnion welders. The customer is building pressure vessels that could be up to 8 feet round, 30 feet long and weigh up to 40 tons. The 4 foot long sections of tubes...
Problem: Customer had a complete gearbox assembly that was an integral piece on the production line. The customer did not know what was wrong with the gearbox assembly so they called the OEM for a rebuild kit. The OEM would only sell a complete assembly for...
Problem: Customer received a new order from their customer to machine an eight station indexing table for a CNC to produce heat shield for barrel of assault rifle. The type of table needed will cost $40,000.00 to $70,000.00 to purchase. Their customer might need 24...
