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Horizontal Bearings

Our horizontal bearings serve a variety of applications including motors, hydro turbines, hydro generators and marine propulsion motors and generators.

Our range of horizontal bearings range from modular designs, industrial horizontal (IH) and heavy duty (HD). The HD product range has high thrust and radial load carrying capacity for more arduous product applications.

Cooling alternatives for horizontal bearings include air cooling, water cooling, circulated oil cooling or forced lubrication using external oil lubrication systems.

HD Series

The Heavy Duty (HD) Series is a modular range of high capacity horizontal shaft thrust and journal / journal bearings covering a shaft range from 300mm to 500mm across 2 frame sizes.

IH Series

The Industrial Horizontal (IH) Series is a modular range of horizontal shaft thrust and journal / journal bearings covering a shaft range from 280mm to 1000mm across 11 frame sizes.

We offer customer engineered solutions for requirements beyond our IH and HD product range to suit any project.

Features & Benefits

  • Compact bearing designs
  • Self-contained air cooled solutions
  • Advanced polymeric bearing materials offering significant benefits (including smaller bearings with reduced power losses)
  • Custom engineered solutions available
  • Standard modular solutions offering various thrust/radial load combinations
  • Standard modular solutions offering various thrust / radial load combinations
  • Fully self-contained water-cooled bearing solutions using high performance cooling coils (cupro-nickel, stainless steel or titanium)

Applications

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Commercial marine

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Gas and steam turbines

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Gearboxes

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Motors and generators

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Naval

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Pumps

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Turbo compressors

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Turbo expanders

Why Michell Bearings

Our hydrodynamic bearings are engineered to meet the most demanding requirements of modern industrial applications, providing superior performance in challenging environments from gas and steam turbines to marine and naval vessels.

Using our experience in bearing design, we provide innovative and bespoke bearing solutions that are tailored to your application’s specific needs, ensuring optimal performance and efficiency.

Our team of experienced engineers and technicians work closely with customers to provide advice and support at every stage of the project, from initial consultation to ongoing maintenance and support.

We believe that a key factor in our success is our understanding of the markets we operate in and we continue to drive the industry forward with our cutting edge solutions.

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