Egypt’s SUMED pipeline operator Arab Petroleum Pipeline Company (SUMED) has completed the tailshaft conversion to Thordon’s SXL seawater-lubricated bearing system for seven special purpose single point mooring (SPM) service boats. The final vessel … [Read more...] about Thordon seawater-lubricated tailshaft bearings
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Thordon optimizes the articulating rudder
When a 9,280hp workboat returned to service following extensive repairs at the James Marine Paducah River Service yard in Kentucky, U.S.A., it marked the first application of Thordon’s new seal-embedded bearing to an articulating … [Read more...] about Thordon optimizes the articulating rudder
Thordon wins composite bearing deal
SIGMA Group, one of Europe’s leading industrial pump manufacturers, has specified Thordon Bearings’ grease-free bearings for installation to the specialized pumping sets destined for flood defense and irrigation projects across Egypt. In total, … [Read more...] about Thordon wins composite bearing deal
Grease-free bearings help in ice resurfacing machine application
Canadian-based ice resurfacing specialist Resurfice Corp (“Resurfice”) has returned to Thordon Bearings (“Thordon”) with a repeat order for its grease-free SXL and ThorPlas-Blue polymer bearings for Resurfice’s Olympia range of ice arena resurfacing … [Read more...] about Grease-free bearings help in ice resurfacing machine application
Thordon opens new market for its ThorPlas-Blue bearings
In what marks a relatively new application for Thordon Bearings’ pioneering polymer material, Wilson Ship Management AS (“Wilson”), a Norway-based ship manager, has replaced the greased bronze bearings on the hatch cover wheels of some of its dry … [Read more...] about Thordon opens new market for its ThorPlas-Blue bearings
Thordon polymer propeller shaft bearing lubricated by seawater
Thordon Bearings has indicated a polymer propeller shaft bearing lubricated by seawater could generate significantly less underwater radiated noise (URN) than metal bearings lubricated by oil. The Canadian polymer bearings specialist says the low … [Read more...] about Thordon polymer propeller shaft bearing lubricated by seawater
Thordon Bearings supports wind power-in-a-box technology
Thordon Bearings is supplying its grease-free, self-lubricating ThorPlas-Blue bearing material to a novel containerized wind propulsion system designed to reduce fuel consumption and fossil fuel emissions across all commercial ship types. The … [Read more...] about Thordon Bearings supports wind power-in-a-box technology
Thordon Bearings appoints CPE as its authorized distributor
Corrosion Products & Equipment (CPE), a specialist engineering firm based in Rochester, New York State, has been appointed as an authorized distributor and service provider across Thordon Bearings’ marine, clean energy, and industrial seals and … [Read more...] about Thordon Bearings appoints CPE as its authorized distributor
Thordon grease-free and self-lubricating bearings
Global demand for raw materials is opening the door to a new market for Thordon Bearings, with one of the world’s largest mining companies, Grupo México, using the Canadian company’s grease-free and self-lubricating bearings in a myriad of pump and … [Read more...] about Thordon grease-free and self-lubricating bearings
Water-lubricated propeller shaft bearings
Peer-reviewed research by Thordon Bearings into the hydrodynamic lubrication efficiency of a ship’s propeller shaft bearing has found that the use of seawater-lubricated elastomeric polymer bearings reduces fuel consumption. The environmental and … [Read more...] about Water-lubricated propeller shaft bearings
