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Desde 2007, la Central Nuclear de Qinshan cuenta con cojinetes Thordon en sus bombas verticales. Esto le ha permitido disminuir sus costes de mantenimiento y el tiempo de inactividad de sus bombas. Cojinetes Thordon GM2401 como solución La Central Nuclear de Qinshan es una planta de energía nuclear de unidades múltiples situada en la ciudad […]

Thordon Bearings está alertando a sus clientes sobre la reciente publicación de un estudio de DNV GL que concluye que el incremento de fallos que se está produciendo en los cojinetes del eje propulsor de las embarcaciones está relacionado, en realidad, con el uso de ciertos lubricantes ecológicamente aceptables. Ver el artículo completo

Echetalde is a company that is not going unnoticed because of the high quality of its products and the specialized technical service it offers to various industrial sectors. Below, we will read an interview with Iñigo Arrancudiaga (manager of the company), and see why Spanish Energy Companies have been trusting Echetalde and Thordon for years […]

The roll-off trucks that pick up recycling bins, garbage bins and more, rely on a pulley system. Kronos Worldwide Inc. uses similar trucks to transport large containers of titanium dioxide, a fine white powder used in paints, plastics or paper to keep the products white and opaque. Ver el artículo completo

While Thordon’s water lubricated materials have revolutionized marine applications, our durable materials are increasingly proving useful in other industries where dry run applications are common. Ver el artículo completo

In a new stage of development for Echetalde we are launching our new website. We want to tell you about what we do in our company and let you know about our services and the sectors for which we work. Go into https://www.echetalde.com/en/ to discover the applications that our products have and how we can […]

En Echetalde empezamos una nueva etapa: estrenamos web. Queremos acercaros lo que hacemos en nuestra empresa y daros a conocer nuestros servicios y los sectores para los que trabajamos. Entra en www.echetalde.com para descubrir qué aplicaciones tienen nuestros productos y cómo podemos ayudarte. Descubre las marcas con las que trabajamos, los campos de aplicación de […]

During a routine statutory shutdown of PetroSA’s offshore FA Platform in Mossel Bay, South Africa, existing rubber bearings in the vertical main seawater lift pumps were replaced with Thordon…

Thordon Bearings Inc., a world leader ingrease and oil-free bearing solutions has announced the introduction of ThorPlas® a new proprietary engineered (nonelastomer) thermoplastic bearing.

In 2010, a trial was run at Water Care Mangere where Thordon SXL bearings replaced greased white metal (Babbitt) bearings in the Primary Sedimentation Tanks. The shafts are made of mild steel and they run 24/7 at a very slow speed.

During the summer, temperature and UV (Ultra Violet) radiation in Southern Florida can be higher than anywhere else in North America. Any equipment operating in the Floridian sun must be able to withstand the heat…

The customer was replacing greased iron Peak Cap End Bearings twice each year in the Grit Tanks due to excessive bearing wear running against a steel shaft. Each Grit Tank required 4 small and 2 large bearing assemblies.

The Jardine Water Purification Plant in Chicago is the one of the world’s largest water purification plants. In 2000, the plant engineer contacted Thordon to discuss a bearing problem in the flocculation system. He had formerly worked with the US Army Corps…

Treating water from Lake Michigan, the Jardine Water Purification Plant pumps over 700 million gallons of water per day. Grit Chambers are large settling tanks where the removal of organic solids takes place. The large tanks have chains and sprocket…

The lumber at the saw mill is sorted using a mechanical arm that directs the lumber into various bins. The sorter arm has a mechanical stopper, we have used SXL to prevent damage to the stopper. The previous solution was…

The process of kiln drying involves extremely hot temperatures and high humidity and requires materials that can withstand these conditions. The customer was using bronze in the wheel bearings of their sawmill carrying containers…

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.

Recycled paper is a dirty product to create. The pulp is made from post-consumer waste that is mashed into a slurry with plenty of water to filter out contaminants and debris.

Thordon Bearings proposed a seawater lubricated bearing solution to support the main turbine shafts on the OCEAN_2G tidal energy platform being developed by Magallanes Renovables, Spain. With 40+ years of experience…

It was late 2007, and the White Rock Powerhouse was overdue for an overhaul. Two of the largest hydroelectric generating units operated by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)…

In April 2005, operators at Alabama Electric Cooperative’s 3-MW Gantt hydroelectric plant on the Conecuh River in Alabama, U.S.A., decided to replace the four runner blade trunnion bushings…

When one of your hydro turbines had been installed back in the 1930s, and it was time to refit, you want technologies that offer the maximum amount of options, since there really is no way of telling what you are going to find… like Thordon’s…

As any beaver will tell you, stemming the unrelenting force of river water is a complex engineering feat. So it’s not surprising that the first dam to span the massive Columbia River in Washington State, U.S.A…

Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd. (part of Dongfang Electric Corp.) and Harbin Eleclric Machinery Co., Ltd. have recently placed additional orders for Thordon SXL elastomeric polymer…

Originally built in 1922, the Raanaasfoss I Power Plant in Norway recently began a rehabilitation project to update the plant’s performance and render it more environmentally friendly.

Frazzle ice is created when long periods of extremely cold weather, typically in the -35°C range, turn river water into a giant Slushie®. This isn’t uncommon on The Spanish River…

Una gran pesca es el trofeo que ansía cualquier pescador, pero ¿cuántas veces se preguntan por qué no encuentran ejemplares mayores? ¿Es la localización? ¿El cebo? ¿El aparejo?…

Aunque parezca una contradicción, cientos de personas han muerto en los botes salvavidas a lo largo de los años, sea en simulacros o en situaciones de emergencia.