JTEKT Receives Trade and Industry Award for LFT-III Bearing(Pic)

JTEKT Receives Trade and Industry Award for LFT-III Bearing The Japan Machinery Federation (JMF) has announced its Energy-Conserving Machinery Awards for 2006, and JTEKT has received the prestigious Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for its low friction-torque 3rd-generation (LFT-III) tapered roller 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. JTEKT'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 JTEKT's LFT-III tapered roller bearing. JTEKT 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.