From a Hydro Engineer… On Lignum Vitae it’s uses are especially suited to wet environments.  Inside head boxes eg VAT and Slice rolls, Savall Showers and core shafts Hydro turbines, any where there’s a shaft that turns in a wet environment.  Even ship shaft logs.  Lignum bearings run on some of the most recent submarines.  […]

This is an actual response to a customer who decided to use oak as a bearing material and then switched back to Lignum-Vitae. We are proud to bring this great material to the Hydro Industry. Over a period of a couple of weeks the material failed. This is the owner of Lignum-Vitae’s response once he […]

I have no way of monitoring the bearing it is about 12 feet under water I do drain the pit to do maintenance ever 3 to 4 months the bearings have around 8,000 hours on them and believe or not it will wear the shaft more than the bearing. the shaft has a bearing sleeve […]

We can now install your Lignum-Vitae bearings. Just ask when you place your order.

We  have several hydro stations that I have been employee for 38 years; we previously had lignum vitae in all of our lower bearings which are lubricated by the water in the earlier years. In 1967 when I worked here in the summer while in high school, I recall us installing a new set of […]

Over the life of a Lignum Vitae bearing set, a customer could avoid approximately 360 days of power generating loss  (Click Here for Facts Brochure) Replaces all brands of bearings including: Kaplan, Pelton, Leffel, Francis, GE, S. Morgan Smith, Westinghouse, Allis Chalmers, and International Excellent for older plants with worn or grooved shafts due to […]

Bob, It looks good.  Of course I’m already a believer. I recently saw a plant using bronze sleeve bearings with a total-loss drip oil system.  They use 2000 gallons of oil a year!  And most is not captured, but spills into the water. Horrible.  I recommended LV bearings below water, greased roller bearings above.