The client company, a foreign firm that deals with the treatment of wastewater, was searching for filter cartridges for its machines. After a careful analysis, the consultants of La Ricambi Udinese noticed that the filter requested by the customer was not the most suitable one for this type of plant. The company have 20 large gearboxes each containing within them a series of rolling bearings of large dimensions and high cost. The expenditure required for a change of bearings ranged between € 15,000 and € 20,000 per machine. The change, however, was already necessary after one year of use. Every year, therefore, between € 300,000 and € 400,000 was being spent to repair the damage to the gearboxes, without counting the costs resulting from the downtime of the machines and, consequently, from the loss of production:

€ 15,000 (or € 20,000) x 20 gearboxes = € 300,000 (or € 400,000) spent every year to change the bearings of all twenty gearboxes.