Thordon Bearings will showcase their environmentally safe polymer bearing technologies at the Posidonia international maritime trade fair in Greece next week.
ThorPlas-Blue, a range of Grease-free polymer bearings in deck machinery, has been designed to replace greased bronze bearings to eliminate all source of pollution while enabling smooth operation of deck machinery.
The ThorPlas-Blue bearings can be easily machined and installed into a variety of applications where greased bronze bearings are traditionally installed. This maintenance-free deck solution reduces cost and offers improved safety for the crew members as they do not have to grease bushings in hard to reach locations, say Thordon Bearings.
Greek ship owner Minerva Marine, previously replaced the greased bronze mooring winch bearing with ThorPlas-Blue on its 58,156gt crude oil tanker Minerva Hellen, and is now planning to apply the grease-free alternative to other vessels in the fleet.
Dimitrios Mastorakis, Superintendent Engineer of Minerva Marine stated: “Since replacing the bronze bearing more than two years ago we have eliminated the costs and maintenance associated with the constant application of grease. We are very pleased with the ThorPlas-Blue product and plan to use it on other vessels.”
Craig Carter, Head of Marketing and Customer Service, Thordon Bearings commented: “One of the main benefits of ThorPlas-Blue is the amount of time it saves ships’ crew. Crews no longer need to grease the winch bearings and since they don’t wear out, maintenance is negligible, leaving the crew to get on with other jobs.”
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