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JTEKT (Koyo) Receives Trade and Industry Award for LFT-III Bearing
The Japan Machinery Federation (JMF) has announced its Energy-Conserving Machinery Awards for 2006, and Koyo has received the prestigious Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for its low friction-torque 3rd-generation (LFT-III) tapered roller bearing. Koyo Receives Trade and Industry Award for LFT-III Bearing
JMF began its system of presenting Energy-Conserving Machinery Awards in 1980, in concert with an energy conservation promotion policy implemented by the Japanese government the same year, as a means of recognizing persons, companies and other organizations having developed and commercialized industrial devices or equipment with significant energy-conserving benefit.
Koyo's LFT-III bearing has 80% less rotational torque lower and 40% less size than conventional tapered roller bearings while also featuring long life and high rigidity. As a result, use of this bearing in automobile differential gears enables a 2% improvement in fuel efficiency (in-house calculation) and contributes greatly to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. In presenting this award, JMF has recognized the significant energy-conserving feature as well as originality and economy of Koyo's LFT-III tapered roller bearing.
JTEKT, Koyo's parent company also received the JMF Chairman's Award for 2005 for its EGProcessor compact cylindrical grinder, making this the second consecutive year JTEKT has received an Energy-Conserving Machinery Award from JMF. |
