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Wärtsilä The Bearing Centre – White Metal Bearings and 100BOND Technology

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Design, manufacture, repair and upgrade of white metal (babbitt) bearings, tilting pad bearings and seals using the patented 100BOND white metal laser technology.

Description

Wärtsilä The Bearing Centre provides end-to-end lifecycle support for white metal bearings and pads – design, manufacturing, repair and upgrades – using the patented 100BOND® white metal laser technology, which improves fatigue resistance and temperature transmission to extend bearing life. Wärtsilä has more than 50 years of experience in this field.

Products

  • Fixed geometry bearings with customisable stiffness and damping, various bore configurations and thrust surface options
  • Tilting pad journal bearings for high-speed, high-load turbomachinery, with various pivot types and one-piece or split housings
  • Tilting pad thrust bearings for high sliding speeds and continuous heavy loads
  • Seals: labyrinth seals and compliant sealing systems for air, steam or gas applications

Services

  • Contract manufacturing: build to drawing or specification, inventory programmes, emergency services
  • Repair: babbitt bearing repair, inspection, refurbishment, welding and machining, coating, engineering upgrades
  • Aftermarket: inventoried parts, replacement of obsolete parts
  • Engineered bearings: custom and upgrade designs, rotor analysis computations, reverse engineering

Certifications

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, OHSAS 18001; DNV-certified ISO 14067 carbon footprint verification showing the 100BOND® babbitting process has a 70.4% lower carbon footprint than the standard casting-based process.

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