Luray plant owned by First Energy converts Back to Lignum-Vitae Water Lubricated Main Guide Bearings

Posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 and is filed under News

Lignum Vitae North America was awarded a contract to supply a Water Lubricated Main Guide Bearing for First Energy for their Luray Hydro Plant. Lignum Vitae North America is pleased to continue servicing First Energy by providing maximum uptime and lower maintenance cost. One of the existing turbines in service had Lignum-Vitae Bearings that were in service since 1965 (45 years). This is why they converted this unit back to Lignum-Vitae after experimenting with plastic bearings that did not last. This is an excellent example of First Energy’s service commitment to environmentally responsible projects.

Lignum Vitae stands ready to convert any size oil film, composite main guide water lubricated bearings in North America or Worldwide.