With a downwind sail area of over 4,600 sq. ft. and a top speed well over 20 knots, the Gunboat 66 is a boat where components simply cannot bind. That's why when Slim was refitted in 2015, Vesconite was used as the rudder and daggerboard trunk … [Read more...]

The maker of low-co-efficient-of-friction polymers, Vesconite, Vesconite Hilube and Superlube, has introduced 3D printer bushings as stock items. Printer users can now replace bronze sleeve bushings or linear ball bearings with polymer sleeve … [Read more...]

When a global company that specializes in pumping equipment developed a rock drill, trials with other products led to it specifying bushings made from the temperature-resistant, internally lubricated, wear-resistant polymer, Hitemp 150. Whereas … [Read more...]

Spiders that were manufactured from Vesconite continue to be used to support the shafts of two borehole pumps installed on a Meyerton, South Africa, vegetable farm. Some 28 spiders were manufactured at Sima Turners, of Johannesburg, South Africa, … [Read more...]

If you thought that you could only access shoulder press machines, stair steppers, push-up presses, rowing apparatus, sit-up benches, and waist twist machines in a gym, you haven’t been to several sites in Johannesburg, Newcastle and Cape Town, in … [Read more...]

Vesconite Bearings has brought production times on extra large bearings down to 36 hours and was able to complete a simultaneous order for two extra large marine bearings in 48 hours in late September. The quick turnaround order was for two … [Read more...]

Marine bushing emergencies in South America can now be easily dealt with by ordering XL marine bushings that are available for immediate dispatch from Buenos Aires, Argentina, from this week. The bushings, which are widely used in the marine … [Read more...]