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Thordon Bearings Provides New Lease on Life for Fortum Hydropower Plants

Fortum’s 10MW hydropower plant at Vassinkoski, Sweden, is now successfully operating with Thordon Bearings’ polymer SXL turbine guide bearing following the completion of the plant’s extensive renovation and recommissioning work.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2019/01/08/thordon-bearings-provides-new-lease-on-life-for-fortum-hydropower-plants

Bearings’ polymer SXL turbine guide bearing following the completion of the plant’s extensive, based in the Czech Republic. For both plants, ČKD Blansko specified Thordon’s SXL polymer bearings, each with a bronze tapered keyset, in addition to SXL axial sealing face rings. Greg Auger, with new oil lubricated assemblies, only the one closest to the water was replaced with an SXL water, wearing SXL seal face material for the axial seal assembly that was installed. This was Fortum’s first

Ships still being built with greased bronze rudder bearings

There are several types of rudders on the market – some built by OEM’s such as Becker or Van Der Velden and others built by shipyards throughout the world.

https://thordonbearings.com/newsworks/blog-posts/2011/04/06/ships-still-being-built-with-greased-bronze-rudder-bearings

the water line, lasting for 15 to 20 years (such as Thordon SXL), are easy to install (SXL is 1/5th

Thordon Seawater-Lubricated Tailshaft Bearings Selected for SUMED Pipeline Service Boats

Egypt’s SUMED pipeline operator Arab Petroleum Pipeline Company (SUMED) has completed the tailshaft conversion to Thordon’s SXL seawater-lubricated bearing system for seven special purpose single point mooring (SPM) service boats. The final in a series of 17.5m (57.4ft) long, 1976–built service boats had its original oil-lubricated tailshaft bearings replaced with the Thordon system at Nefertiti Marine’s Yard-K, in Rosetta Nile, in December 2022. The first vessel, SUMED 10, was converted in 2019.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2023/06/26/thordon-seawater-lubricated-tailshaft-bearings-selected-for-sumed-pipeline-service-boats

the tailshaft conversion to Thordon’s SXL seawater-lubricated bearing system for seven special purpose single, for a longer lasting bearing solution, resistant to abrasive waterways. We proposed the SXL material, .” In addition to SXL tailshaft bearings machined for shaft diameters of 95mm (3.74in), Nefertiti, installation, together with the reliability and availability of Thordon’s SXL bearings, lead times, said. Thordon Bearing’s SXL and ThorPlas-Blue non-metallic bearings are ideal solutions

Turbine Guide Bearings

https://thordonbearings.com/hydro-power/turbine-guide-bearings

Turbine Guide Bearings SXL Thordon SXL offers the lowest coefficient of friction, PDF, 2.13 MB SXL Water Lubricated Main Shaft Guide Bearings PDF, 197.65 KB Overview of Thordon's SXL Water Lubricated, PDF, 1.59 MB Nashua Hydro SXL Main Guide Bearing Conversion, PDF, 191.30 KB Thordon SXL seals at Itaipu Power

Something Fishy Going On with Rubber Bearings at Low Shaft Speeds

Thordon Bearings has successfully completed the commissioning of a set of water-lubricated SXL propeller shaft bearings to what is widely considered the world’s largest all-carbon sports fisher. Four SXL bearings were retrofitted to the 39.5m (129ft) maxi sportfish yacht Lanakai in April after it was discovered that the original rubber cutlass bearings were causing a “high pitched squeal” when the shafts where turning at low RPM.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2019/09/09/something-fishy-going-on-with-rubber-bearings-at-low-shaft-speeds

Thordon Bearings has successfully completed the commissioning of a set of water-lubricated SXL, . Four SXL bearings were retrofitted to the 39.5m (129ft) maxi sportfish yacht Lanakai in April after, if they had a solution. That solution Henley provided, was Thordon’s SXL bearing. After the vessel, the shafts were pulled and the original bearings removed, the SXL bearings were machined, successfully completed sea trials with the SXL bearings and the Captain has reported excellent results

More Polymer Shaft Seals Ordered by Chinese Turbine Industry

Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd (part of Dongfang Electric Corp.) and Harbin Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. have recently placed additional orders for Thordon SXL elastomeric polymer segmented turbine shaft seals bringing the total on order or already installed in 2005, to six sets. The shaft seals sold by Proco International Co. Ltd., Thordon's exclusive Distributor in China, are/will be installed at the Kangyang, Sanbanxi, Xiafu, Baishan and Nalan power plants in China and the Tekeze Hydropower Plant in Ethiopia.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2005/10/19/more-polymer-shaft-seals-ordered-by-chinese-turbine-industry

optimize it's segmented shaft seal design utilizing its proprietary SXL material. SXL is formulated using

Rudder Bearings

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Rudder Bearings SXL Rudder Bearings Reliability, long wear life, applications for over 25 years with an impressive reference list of over 4000 vessels. Thordon SXL, Thordon rudder bearings can be delivered fast to any ship repair facility in the world. Thordon SXL, elimination of grease and greasing systems removing any risk of pollution. Thordon SXL can also withstand high shock loads and edge loading. In addition to SXL pintle, stock and carrier disc bearings

Rudder Bearings

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Rudder Bearings SXL Rudder Bearings Reliability, long wear life, applications for over 25 years with an impressive reference list of over 4000 vessels. Thordon SXL, Thordon rudder bearings can be delivered fast to any ship repair facility in the world. Thordon SXL, elimination of grease and greasing systems removing any risk of pollution. Thordon SXL can also withstand high shock loads and edge loading. In addition to SXL pintle, stock and carrier disc bearings

Rudder Bearings

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Rudder Bearings SXL Rudder Bearings Reliability, long wear life, applications for over 25 years with an impressive reference list of over 4000 vessels. Thordon SXL self, bearings can be delivered fast to any ship repair facility in the world. Thordon SXL rudder bearings, of grease and greasing systems removing any risk of pollution. Thordon SXL can also withstand high shock loads and edge loading. In addition to SXL pintle, stock and carrier disc bearings, SXL TRAXL

Rudder Bearings

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Rudder Bearings SXL Rudder Bearings Reliability, long wear life, applications for over 25 years with an impressive reference list of over 4000 vessels. Thordon SXL self, rudder bearings can be delivered fast to any ship repair facility in the world. Thordon SXL rudder, elimination of grease and greasing systems removing any risk of pollution. Thordon SXL can also withstand high shock loads and edge loading. In addition to SXL pintle, stock and carrier disc bearings, SXL