Polymer Bearing Failures: How Many Excuses Are You Willing to Accept?

Posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2020 and is filed under News, Uncategorized

1. It’s The Water Temperature
2. It’s The Water Condition/Silty
3. It’s The Marine Growth
4. It’s The Shaft Quality
5. It’s The Air Entrainment

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The no-excuse solution lignum vitae is inherently able to adapt to extreme and dynamic operating environments:

• Zero Clearance
• Run of river water, No Filtering*
• Zero Wiping or Smearing of Material
• High Resistance to Shock, Edge Loading/Vibration issues
• Low Coefficient of Friction
• Oil/Grease-Free Operation
• No Hydrolysis Degradation/perfect memory
• Conforms to Worn Shafts
• Only industrial Renewable Bearing
• Mixed-mode of Lubrication/Dry Start & Hydrodynamic
• First water-lubricated bearing – 1854, the same for centuries

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