Thordon Bearings has reduced the excessive water leakage, that was resulting in costly downtime for the operator of the Limestone Generating Station in Manitoba, Canada, with the company’s SXL shaft seals running for more than three years without the need for replacement.

Thordon Bearings is supplying multiple sets of grease-free bearings to completely replace old technology at the Otto Holden Generating Station on the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada. Andritz Hydro was contracted to undertake the mid-life refurbishment of the station’s turbines on behalf of Ontario Power Generation (OPG). Two of the 243MW station’s eight units have now been fitted with Thordon’s ThorPlas-Blue and Thorseal products, via its local distributors RMH Industries in Quebec and Millstream Engineering in Ontario.