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The Move to Water Pays for Norway's Raanaasfoss Hydro Plant Operator

The water-lubricated SXL turbine guide bearings Thordon installed as part of the re-powering of Norway’s Raanaasfoss 1 hydro plant have experienced almost zero wear after 23,887 hours of continuous operation on the first installed unit. During routine inspections of the 13.5 MW turbines, commissioned by Voith Hydro in 2013, the guide bearings – the operator’s first experience with water-lubricated bearings – showed “almost no wear at all”, with a measured diametric bearing clearance less than 0.30mm (0.012”) on the longest running Unit 1. All remaining turbines (Units 2 to 6) had very low measured diametric clearances of between 0.30 and 0.50mm (0.012” and 0.020”).

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2019/06/17/the-move-to-water-pays-for-norway's-raanaasfoss-hydro-plant-operator

The water-lubricated SXL turbine guide bearings Thordon installed as part of the re-powering of Norway’s Raanaasfoss 1 hydro plant have experienced almost zero wear after 23,887 hours of continuous operation on the first installed unit. During routine inspections of the 13.5 MW turbines, installed, the SXL turbine guide bearings had an initial design clearance of 0.65mm (0.026”), allowing, . “The SXL bearings installed in the plant are currently showing extremely low wear rates

New Hydro Video

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The new Thordon SXL Turbine Guide Bearing with Tapered Keyset and SXL Radial Shaft Seal video illustrates how conversions or new projects can relocate the SXL radial segmented shaft seal above

Vertical Pumps

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SXL Preferred choice for dry start-up capability Lower dry coefficient of friction typically, PDF, 375.57 KB Thordon SXL Approved for Deep, Videos Thordon SXL segmented axial and radial seals last longer and reduce life-cycle costs compared to carbon graphite seals. This video shows why Thordon SXL is so much easier to handle and install compared to carbon graphite. Thordon SXL is a cross-linked

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