Your Source For Expert Bearing Solutions IN THIS ISSUE Equalizing Thrust Bearing Misalignment Industrial Pump Bearing Retrofit Project Kingsbury R&D Bearing Test Lab News Vespel® Thrust Bearings for Use with Process Fluids in Petrochemical Industry Equalizing Thrust Bearing Misalignment There is always some degree of thrust bearing misalignment due to housing and bearing machining tolerances, or misalignment between the shaft and housing. This is considered static misalignment since the bearing is misaligned before a load is applied. Click here to read more. Industrial Pump Bearing Retrofit Project In January 2011, Kingsbury's Repair & Service Division, located in the Philadelphia suburbs, received a request from a major German pump manufacturer to design retrofit bearings for two pumps that had originally fitted with a competitor's bearings. Click here to read more. Kingsbury R&D Bearing Test Lab News The Kingsbury R&D laboratory high speed test rig (HSTR) is presently undergoing significant upgrades which will expand our journal bearing test capabilities as well as prevent test rig bearing failures due to unplanned power outages. Click here to read more. Vespel® Thrust Bearings for Use with Process Fluids in Petrochemical Industry For the past several years, Kingsbury has been working with major petrochemical-industry firms to develop hydrodynamic bearings capable of using process fluids as the lubricant. In 2009, two vertical canned motor pump applications emerged as possible candidates for bearings made with alternative materials. Click here to read more.