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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

Other Industrial Applications

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pressure bearing. Thordon SXL Thordon SXL has excellent dry start capability and a low, the service life in various applications. Has similar abrasion resistance to SXL, to Thordon SXL and Saves Thousands of Dollars PDF, 102.53 KB

MV Algorail: Lignum Vitae conversion to Thordon

The MV Algorail is a single screw, 194m (638 ft.) self unloading cargo vessel operating on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. The 43 year old Laker was recently docked at Seaway Marine and Industrial (SMI) in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

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cost, quickly making the decision to use Thordon SXL stern tube bearings a no brainer. Understanding

Propeller Shaft Bearing Systems

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-slip, Learn More SXL Thordon SXL offers a lower coefficient of friction for reduced, of Commercial Ships PDF, 322.29 KB SXL 3:1, Company (SUMED) has completed the tailshaft conversion to Thordon’s SXL seawater-lubricated bearing, Bearings. In total, four Thordon SXL propeller shaft bearings and a pair of TG100 mechanical shaft

Largest Utility in U.A.E. Plans on Replacing Pump and Valve Bearings with Thordon's Grease-Free Material

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) is a step closer to replacing its industrial pump bearings with grease-free Thordon water lubricated bearing solutions, following the installation of the Canadian company’s pioneering technology to desalination plants across the United Arab Emirates. In the first six months of this year, Ocean Power International (OPI), Thordon Bearings’ Dubai-based distributor, supplied ThorPlas-Blue and SXL bearings for installation to 20 butterfly valves and 7 brine recirculation and vertical pumps, respectively.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2021/07/06/largest-utility-in-u.a.e.-plans-on-replacing-pump-and-valve-bearings-with-thordon's-grease-free-material

distributor, supplied ThorPlas-Blue and SXL bearings for installation to 20 butterfly valves and 7, pump bearings to ThorPlas-Blue or SXL by the end of 2022. “Thordon’s bearing material certainly

Thordon Materials Keep Comeau Marine Railway Ltd. Operational Under Extreme Conditions

Thordon’s heavy-duty elastomeric bearing materials have been keeping the Comeau Marine Railway operational under locally concentrated loads and in some of the harshest, abrasive waterways for more than forty years. Comeau Marine’s 600t-capacity railway, one of Nova Scotia’s oldest patent slips, operates year-round to maintain and service much of the inshore fishing fleet as well as the parent company Comeau’s Sea Foods Ltd.’s fishing fleet.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2021/04/13/thordon-materials-keep-comeau-marine-railway-ltd.-operational-under-extreme-conditions

success the yard has had has been with ThorPlas-Blue.” Thordon’s XL and SXL bearings were also used, the earlier XL and SXL bearings performed as well as could be expected, the cradle needed something more

Paraná River Push Boat Fleet Migrates to Thordon

Atria Logistics UABL, one of South America’s leading push boat operators, is on its way to completing a fleet-wide retrofit to Thordon’s water lubricated tailshaft and rudder bearings. In 2014, the Argentinian owner, which operates a fleet of workboats on the Paraná River, installed Thordon’s RiverTough tailshaft bearings to its first push boat, the 41m (135ft) long Concepcion. In 2020, six more vessels in the company’s 26-strong fleet were converted.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2021/03/29/paraná-river-push-boat-fleet-migrates-to-thordon

, installed and commissioned the vessels’ RiverTough tailshaft bearings along with Thordon’s SXL grease-free, replacement program with SXL rudder bearings and thrust washers, Pucker Seals, and RiverTough propeller shaft

Hydro Refit Kickstarts Thordon's New Turn-Key Service

Thordon Bearings has completed bearing and filtration system upgrades to the Swift Rapids hydro power station, the oldest and largest of Orillia Power Generation Corporations’ generating stations, located on the Trent-Severn Waterway, about 32km (20mi) north of Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

https://thordonbearings.com/news/2020/03/10/hydro-refit-kickstarts-thordon's-new-turn-key-service

Thordon Bearings has completed bearing and filtration system upgrades to the Swift Rapids hydro power station, the oldest and largest of Orillia Power Generation Corporations’ generating stations, located on the Trent-Severn Waterway, about 32km (20mi) north of Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Two of the plant’s three 2.6MW horizontal Kaplan-type turbines are fitted with Thordon’s SXL water lubricated, SXL bearings some years ago, the poor quality of the water supply was impacting the expected

RAANAASFOSS REHABILITATED WITH OIL FREE MAIN GUIDE BEARING SOLUTION

Originally built in 1922, the Raanaasfoss I Power Plant in Norway recently began a rehabilitation project to update the plant’s performance and render it more environmentally friendly.

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Well engineered, cost-effective and water-lubricated main guide bearing solutions for rehabilitation project Originally built in 1922, the Raanaasfoss I Power Plant in Norway recently began a rehabilitation project to update the plant’s performance and render it more environmentally friendly. In keeping with this goal, the plant, now called Raanaasfoss III has been fitted with Thordon SXL, was made to fit a Thordon SXL segmented shaft seal above the bearing assembly to prevent entry

Fishing Vessels

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conversion to Thordon’s SXL seawater-lubricated bearing system for seven special purpose single point, Marquez to a seawater-lubricated package from Thordon Bearings. In total, four Thordon SXL propeller