The American Midwest is home to one of the world’s largest water purification plants, pumping over 700 million gallons of water from Lake Michigan each year. For over 12 years, the plant has been fitted with Thordon SXL flocculator paddle wheel bearings and Thor-Flex chain conveyor wear shoes. As a result of the impressive wear life of both bearing grades, the plant continues to use Thordon bearings in its water purification plant applications.