You can t cut corners with our precision components The next failure would be pre programmed Completing one of these specialized on site jobs takes an average of one week plus all the preparato ry work such as selecting the required external staff specifying the component arranging for equipment and tools Naturally working in foreign countries with their unique cultures and the diversity of people holds a special attraction as well Yes it s exciting every time even though in many of our projects we work to a schedule that hardly leaves any time for the country and its people says Schuster But at least working with local colleagues at the site provides some small insights And sometimes the job involves a weekend on which we may not be working quite as long as usu al says the family man and father of two who by all means wanted to work with the final product of roll ing bearings even when he was still an apprentice at Schaeffler being trained as an industrial mechanic Specialty bearings with a diameter of 2 62 meters Christian Schuster has been a field service me chanic for special missions since 2007 The lead picture and the one at the bottom of this article show him after just having replaced the spherical roller bearings of the lock and dam complex in Hagestein the Netherlands They sit on the cable winches that pull up the two lock gates each weighing 270 metric tons 298 short tons Since 1958 the lock and dam complex has been con trolling the water level of the Lek river to keep the water ways navigable at all times The two spherical roller bearings in London s ro tating landmark the London Eye have to bear even greater weight The Ferris wheel that with a height of 135 meters 443 feet is Europe s biggest weighs 2 100 metric tons 2 315 short tons Its hub sits in special ty bearings with an outer diameter of 2 62 meters Installation of a large housing with assembled spherical plain bearing for an offshore platform 16 17

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