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- March 18, 2022
A drop-size carrot sorter, with Vesconite plain bearings installed on its conveyor chains, has worked well at a large carrot producer for two years.
The carrot producer installed the bearings on one of its two processing lines to test whether the processing line with Vesconite performed better than the standard processing line.
Since installation, the carrot farm processor reports that Vesconite bearings on its conveyor chains have reduced wear and resulted in quieter operation.
A drop-size sorter consists of a mainframe with sprockets on each side. A chain runs on the sprockets and a polyethylene plate is attached. Rollers, spaced increasingly further apart, are located on the polyethylene plate and carrots, depending on their size, fall through the differently-spaced rollers into bins below.
- November 12, 2021
Vesconite Hilube bowl, stuffing box, suction, and line-shaft bearings continue to operate in a condensate pump ten years after installation.
This long-standing Vesconite customer located in Virginia reported the success to pump representative Charlie Simpson in October 2021.
The customer is a pump repair workshop that offers timely and cost-effective repairs and specifically offers upgrades to shafting, bearings, and wear rings to enhance performance and efficiency in older pumps as well as repairs and rebowls vertical turbine pumps.
- February 03, 2021
Vesconite's Hitemp 160 - Innovative New High Temperature Bearing Material
A pump containing three sleeve bearings made from a new bearing material, Hitemp 160 − which can operate to temperatures up to 160°C (320°F) and is resistant to abrasive material − has been tested in a pump that has received South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) certification.
“The pump manufacturer tested and later concluded Vesconite's proprietary Hitemp 160 material, which has excellent abrasive properties, negligible water swell, and allows the pump to run dry periodically, is working well under the conditions encountered in the mine.”
The new material fills a gap in the market for high-temperature bearings that are able to operate to 160°C in immersed conditions.
- October 22, 2020
Vesconite Hilube is a bearing material specially designed for long life, low maintenance bearings and bushes.
Vesconite Hilube is internally lubricated with advanced solid lubricants to give a very low friction, even without additional grease or other lubrication.
Vesconite Hilube Wear Ring Benefits:
- No water swell
- Superior performance
- Extended wear life
- Low friction
- High load-bearing strength
- Dimensional stability
- Temperature limits
- Shaft friendly
- Chemical resistance
Vesconite Wear Rings Improve Pump Efficiency
Independent tests by a major pump manufacturer prove corrosion-free Vesconite Hilube wear rings safely allow reduced running clearances and improve pump efficiency.
Bronze casing wear rings with a clearance of 0.3 mm were tested against no-swell Vesconite Hilube at 0.1 mm.
- November 27, 2019
Changing Bushings to Vesconite
A UK manufacturer of brackets for electrical equipment has changed its 3D printer bushings to Vesconite bearings.
The manufacturer had previously used roller bearings on its two Prusa 3D printers, but had found that roller bearings wore away the printer rods. They also required regular greasing, which limited production uptime and value.
Following some online searching, Triple Link Manufacturing founder Mark Bagnall discovered a reference to Vesconite 3D printer bushings and was attracted by the fact that they were low maintenance and required no greasing.
In addition, he was pleased with the fact