An independent test has shown that a Vesconite left-hand torque-plate bushing, made from a no-grease hard-wearing engineered polymer, shows 35% less wear than a phosphor bronze right-hand torque-plate bushing of a similar design after one year of … [Read more...]
After 20,000 NM, gunboat 66 still running with Vesconite
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...]
Vesconite Bearings has introduced standard 3D printer bushings as stock items
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...]
Cat 428Es use Vesconite on boom pivot pin
Some 600 graves have been dug in the Luveve and West Park Cemeteries, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, using 428E Caterpillar Tractor Loader Backhoes (TLBs) fitted with Vesconite self-lubricating wear-resistant polymer bushings on the boom pivot pin. This is … [Read more...]
Bearings vs. bushings in 3D printing
A small but vocal discussion in the 3D printer community is on bearings and bushings that are used by 3D printers, and how these can be optimized to create better printers and better print quality. Some believe 3D printing will run counter to … [Read more...]
Bearings vs bushings in 3D printing
Edited by Mike Santora A small but vocal discussion in the 3D printer community is on bearings and bushings that are used by 3D printers, and how these can be optimized to create better printers and better print quality. Some think 3D printing … [Read more...]
Rock drill bushings produced to spec
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...]
Vesconite borehole spiders continue to perform
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...]
Hard-wearing polymer bushings for outdoor gym equipment
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...]
Production times on marine bearings reduced
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...]
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