Thordon Bearings, of Burlington, Ont., has received an order to supply four comprehensive shipsets of stern gear for a new class of towboat.The four boats are being built by U.S. shipyard Master ...

Thordon Bearings has seen its RiverTough tailshaft bearing solution surpass 500 installations in the workboat sector. Primarily a retrofit solution but also increasingly specified for newbuilds, ...

HOUSTON—EGC Critical Components has unveiled its dures line of materials, a family of proprietary thermoplastic polymer composites developed specifically for the manufacture of bushings, bearings and ...

Seismic isolation is a critical engineering strategy that decouples structures from ground motion, thereby mitigating the destructive impacts of earthquakes. Elastomeric bearings, typically comprised ...

Keywords: Lead rubber (LR) bearings. Low-damping (LDR) bearings. Elastomeric bearings. Lateral displacement. Vertical stiffness. Finite element (FE) analyses. Seismic isolation. Seismic performance.

How many of us happen to know that our very own scientists are behind the creation of rubber bearings that protect buildings and bridges in many parts of the world? Not many, I am sure. Yes, behind ...