Belzona® Provides Optimsed Solution For Bearing Installation

Industry:

Marine (MRNE)

Application:

Ships and Offshore Structures (SOS)

Customer Location:

UK (Cornish) Luxury Yacht Builder

Application Date:

2002

Application Situation:

Installation of bearings into the stern tube housing

Problem:

Conventional methods of installation require many hours of machining time for press fitting. In service they can become slack through fretting and galvanic corrosion

Products:

Belzona® 1121 (Super XL Metal)

Belzona® 1321 (Ceramic S Metal)

Belzona® 9411 (Release Agent)

Substrate:

Aluminium

Application Method:

The application was carried out using a modified version of Belzona Know-How System Leaflet SOS-9. The bearing housing is grit blasted and the bearing rough turned prior to alignment and injection of the Belzona® 1321. Belzona® 9411 was only used on the alignment bolts to allow their later removal.

Belzona Facts:

This luxury yacht, 27.37m long, was designed by the leading New Zealand designer Ron Holland, and is classified by ABS.

Photographs Description

1. Bearing aligned. Note the injection port with valve under the housing. 
2. Forward inboard view of stern tube. 
3. Completed application.