Workboat

Thordon has over 20 years experience working with workboats, pushboats and tugs operating in dirty abrasive-laden water, especially in the Mississippi River system in the U.S.A. Long wearing Thordon Composite water lubricated propeller shaft bearings operating in combination with hard coated nickel-chrome-boron shaft sleeves, and grease-free SXL rudder bearings and ThorPlas^© steering linkage bearings offer life cycle cost and performance benefits to keep your vessel operating longer, saving you money and down time.

THORDON COMPOSITE PROPELLER SHAFT BEARINGS

• Documented data from Mississippi workboat operators shows typical Thordon bearing wear rates of 0.003 to 0.004" (0.075 to 0.100mm) in 6000 to 7000 hours of annual use
• Wear rates operating in these very muddy waters are typically half that of rubber bearings - or often even less

NEVER GREASE YOUR RUDDER SYSTEM AGAIN WITH THORDON SXL RUDDER AND THORPLAS^© TILLER ARM BEARINGS

• The labor, cost and potential pollution resulting from greasing is eliminated
• SXL's elastomeric nature resists abrasive wear, shock loads and will not pound out of shape
• Internal lubricants formulated into the SXL and ThorPlas^© polymers reduce friction, resulting in smooth operation without lubrication
• SXL operates above and below the water line