SKF was named a GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors during a virtual ceremony honoring the recipients of the company’s 28th annual Supplier of the Year awards on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. During the event, GM recognized 116 of its best … [Read more...]
Thordon Bearings fights excessive bearing and shaft wear
Excessive bearing and shaft wear resulting in frequent drydockings has led a Louisiana-based workboat operator to improve operational competitiveness and ensure greater equipment usability by converting to a Thordon RiverTough tailshaft … [Read more...]
SKF Enlight ProCollect to support lubrication management
SKF has extended the capability of its Enlight ProCollect portable data collection system, enabling maintenance engineers to plan lubrication routes around a factory or process operation. Lubrication is vital to rotating equipment performance and … [Read more...]
SMB Bearings sponsors Great Britain rowing record attempt
SMB Bearings has partnered with ocean rowers, Gus Barton and Duncan Roy as they attempt to break the world record for the fastest unsupported row around Great Britain. SMB Bearings will be sponsoring the rowing duo by providing two sets of full … [Read more...]
Kaman Distribution Group appoints Mark Stoneburner as Executive VP
Kaman Distribution Group (“KDG” or the “company”), a leading value-added distributor of bearings, power transmission, automation, and fluid power products, today announced that industry veteran, Mark Stoneburner, has been appointed Executive Vice … [Read more...]
Vesconite Bearings: 20k to 70k bushing runs possible
Polymer bushing and wear material manufacturer Vesconite Bearings has installed two Haas lathes with bar feeders for large-volume bushing production. Demand for long production runs is increasing and the new lathes allow the manufacturer to produce … [Read more...]
New bearings help in tugboat application
Harken Towing, a western Canada-based workboat company with operations along the Fraser River, is converting its vessels’ tail shaft bearings to RiverTough following the success of the Thordon bearing system aboard the 14.54m (47.7ft) twin-screw tug … [Read more...]
Thordon bearings approves new authorized distributer
Canyon Marine Solutions has been approved as an authorized distributor for Thordon Bearings, manufacturer of the award-winning water-lubricated COMPAC propeller shaft bearing system. The Virginia-based engineering firm will provide sales and … [Read more...]
Quick payback on wear ring
The installation of Vesconite Hilube polymer wear rings can result in electricity savings that more than pay for the wear ring. This was the result of a study by a large pump original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that compared energy usage on a … [Read more...]
SKF and SMT combine software for better smoother transmission system design
By combining SKF and SMT’s technical analysis and optimization capabilities, engineers can now have a seamless experience when designing transmission systems. The SMT MASTA software helps engineers to accurately and rapidly design and predict … [Read more...]
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