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Giant Lift Irrigation Project in South India to Benefit From Thordon’s Shaft Seal Expertise

Canadian manufacturer, Thordon Bearings is playing a vital role in providing water to arid regions, with the installation of axial shaft seals and filtration systems to the world’s largest irrigation project in south central India.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2024/03/11/giant-lift-irrigation-project-in-south-india-to-benefit-from-thordon-s-shaft-seal-expertise

. The Thordon SXL Segmented Shaft Seal assembly was chosen for the project based on the products superior, its proprietary SXL material meanwhile SEPL was responsible for manufacturing all other components

Thordon Bearings Grows its Presence in the European Hydropower Sector

Two European hydropower plant operators have replaced the bearings on their Francis-type turbines with water-lubricated bearings from Canada’s Thordon Bearings after oil was leaking from their original metal bearings. In two separate contracts, Croatia-based Skoring d.o.o., Thordon’s authorized distributor for the region, supplied wicket gate bearings to the 36.8MW Hrvatska Elektroprivreda-operated plant in Rijeka, Croatia, in July. In August, they retrofitted new turbine guide bearings to turbines at the 1500kW Elektro Ljubljana-operated HPP Sava Brod plant, in Slovenia.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2023/11/15/thordon-bearings-grows-its-presence-in-the-european-hydropower-sector

Ljubljana, Slovenia, was retrofitted with Thordon SXL water-lubricated turbine guide bearings to both 499kW Francis turbines in August. Skoring supplied the SXL bearing material to local turbine

Upswing in Water Lubricated Shafts as European Operators look for Greater Environmental Protection

Thordon Bearings has registered an upswing in the number of historic passenger vessels operating on European waterways with water lubricated propeller shaft bearings as a way of further protecting those waterways from oil and grease pollution. A number of operators have already converted from oil-lubricated brass bushings to water lubricated propeller shaft bearings as a way of meeting stringent European environmental regulations.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2021/09/14/upswing-in-water-lubricated-shafts-as-european-operators-look-for-greater-environmental-protection

steamer Petersinsel, both of which were retrofitted with Thordon’s SXL propeller shaft bearings, the pristine waters of Lake Constance, the Danube, and the Rhine. “With COMPAC, SXL, or RiverTough

Mooring Installation Highlights Thordon's Range of Bearing Applications

The bearing installations to two Calm Buoys operating offshore Libya are indicative of the wide-range of applications Thordon’s environmentally-safe bearing systems have outside the company’s traditional maritime market.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2018/07/26/mooring-installation-highlights-thordon's-range-of-bearing-applications

to their ability to pivot with the anchor chain. Thordon also supplied 16 SXL entry chafe bushings that were installed to provide a greater level of wear resistance to the anchor chain, while 32 SXL

Selecting the Right Bearings to Improve Vertical Turbine Pump Reliability - Whitepaper

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is also chemically compatible with pump media. Thordon SXL High Abrasion Resistance and Dry Start Capability Thordon SXL has been used successfully as pump bearings for over 30 years, of the key advantages of SXL is its excellent abrasion resistance. Graph 1 was conducted, Abrasion Test (ASTM D 5963-96) Thordon Composite (GM2401 ) Thordon SXL ThorPlas Green Tweed WR, 195 392 409 SXL has higher mechanical strength than rubber bearings and does not require

TG100-GlobalTiger-1pgr

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 www.ThordonBearings.com ZERO POLLUTION | HIGH PERFORMANCE | BEARING & SEAL SYSTEMS No Maintenance Required on TG100 Shaft Seal Fitted to Offshore Crewboat Industry: Marine – Offshore End User: Global Marine Operations, U.A.E. Application: Mechanical Face Seal, Propeller Shaft Bearings Thordon Grade: TG100, SXL Date of Initial Installation: 2016 GT 10/19 About: Global Marine Operation owns and currently operates a diversified and growing fleet of 7 Offshore Support Vessels

Bearing and Seal Solutions for WorkBoats

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costs, there are no spare parts required • No maintenance required when the vessel drydocks SXL

Samuel

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Bumper was replaced every 4 weeks • Thordon SXL was recommended due to its ability to resist impact, vibration and wear • Sawmill has now retrofitted all bumper arms with Thordon SXL, Conditions - Extend We a r Pa d Life Application: Conveyor Wear Pads Application Details: • SXL wear pads replaced UHMWPE • UHMW was only lasting 2-3 months • Thordon SXL wear pads have

Thordon NewsWorks 2008-1

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, Bender needed a bearing material with an exceptional track record of success. Thordon SXL, with seawater lubricated COMPAC propeller shaft bearings and SXL stern roller bearings “Bender had already, bronze bushings with Thordon SXL —and,subsequently, increased uptime by more than 90% —the Companycouldn’t have been more delighted. “I can’t say enough about Thordon SXL,” says Ian Havill, for maintenance. A tall order. Fortunately, Thordon SXL more than fit the bill. Tough. Long-Running

Thordon Bearings RiverTough Exceeds 500 Installations in Workboat Sector

In a significant milestone for the company, Thordon Bearings has seen its RiverTough tailshaft bearing solution surpass 500 installations in the workboat sector. Primarily a retrofit solution but also increasingly specified for newbuilds, RiverTough is designed for coastal and inland waterways, where conditions are typically muddy and abrasive. The solution, applied in combination with hard-coated nickel-chrome-boron (NiCrB) Thordon shaft sleeves, has been verified as outlasting rubber bearings by a factor of two or more in the harshest operating environments.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2025/05/01/rivertough-500-installations-workboat

increasing demand for durable TG100 mechanical shaft seals, ThorPlas-Blue and SXL rudder bearings