Vesconite manufactures largest Vesconite Hilube stern tube / propeller shaft bearing to date
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20220609/1654755111297909.jpg" title="1654755111297909.jpg" alt="5.jpg"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Vesconite Bearings is proud to have supplied its largest-ever machined stern tube bearing from the long-life, wear-resistant, no-swell <a href="https://www.wswbearings.com/products/catalogue.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>bearing</strong></span></a> material Vesconite Hilube.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The order was completed with the assistance of a recently-purchased six-meter centre lathe, which is part of Vesconite Bearings¡¯ newly-introduced extra-large marine bearings¡¯ facility.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The long aft stern tube bearing measured 534 mm (outer diameter) x 460 mm (inner diameter) and was 1,640 mm in length, excluding the 640 mm diameter flange, which was machined separately.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Vesconite Bearings marine sales engineer Wian Venter explains that the flange and the bearing had steps machined into them to allow the flange to have a sliding fit over the bearing.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Water-cooling grooves were also specified, as is typical for stern tube bearings, to help cool the bearing during operation, he adds.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A smaller forward stern tube bearing, with water-cooling grooves, was also manufactured for the client, Venter describes.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It measured 533 mm (outer diameter) x 460 mm (inner diameter) and was 410 mm in length, he says.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The bearings were installed on an oil and chemical tanker, the Celsius Mayfair, in China in December.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">¡°I am highly satisfied with the items supplied, which have been successfully installed onboard our vessel during its third special survey,¡± says the Celsius Mayfair¡¯s Manager, while discussing the Vesconite Hilube bearings that replaced the rubber Cutless bearings that were in place prior to the refit.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The vessel has been running for over six months without any problems after the installation, he notes.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Vesconite Hilube stern tube bearings typically exhibit no squeal at low speed, no stick-slip, can be easily installed, and provide a long wear life.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The one-piece stern tube bearing was approved by the Japanese classification society, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, known as ClassNK.</span></p><p><br/></p>
09 Jun,2022
