Efficient Balancing of Active Magnetic Bearing-Supported Rotors
Shafts of high-performing rotating equipment experience a certain mass unbalance distribution resulting from manufacturing tolerances, component assembly and material nonhomogeneities. [...]
Bearing Business
By Barry Blair, Waukesha Bearings Published in Processing magazine, May 2016 Bearings are a critical component in equipment reliability, efficiency [...]
May the Magnetic Force Be With You
By Richard Shultz, Waukesha Magnetic Bearings Published in Fluid Handling, January/February 2016 Groningen, Europe’s largest natural gas field, was discovered [...]
Damping for Increased Stability
Damping decreases vibrations by removing energy through resistance to motion. For rotating equipment, damping is necessary to control vibrations and [...]
New Bearing Designs Meet Demands for Extended Pump Operating Life
By Barry Blair, Chief Engineer, Waukesha Bearings Published in Modern Pumping Today, February 2015 The pump industry, like many others in [...]
Advanced Bearing Technology Eliminates Subsynchronous Steam Turbine Vibrations
By Jong Kim, Waukesha Bearings Published in POWER magazine, March 2015 For one of its power generation customers in Scandinavia, [...]
Waukesha Bearings Offers Rotordynamic Analysis
Waukesha Bearings, a global leader in the design and manufacture of fluid film bearings, is proud to announce new literature [...]
Waukesha Magnetic Bearings to Present at MaintCon 2014 in Bahrain
Waukesha Magnetic Bearings, an industry leader in custom-engineered magnetic bearing systems for large turbomachinery and high-performing rotating equipment, is [...]
Canned Magnetic Bearings Prove Cost-Effective
In 2002, a leading oil and gas customer approached Waukesha Magnetic Bearings with the challenge of developing a bearing for [...]
Waukesha Bearings Introduces Tilt Pad Thrust Bearings for High-Temp ESPs
At last month’s Pump & Turbomachinery Symposia, Waukesha Bearings featured its new Hidrax™ HT thrust bearing for high-temperature [...]
Magnetic Bearings and Their Need for Speed (Sensors)
By Richard Jayawant and Roy Leung, Waukesha Magnetic Bearings Published in CompressorTech2, August/September 2014 In this article we look at [...]
New Video Highlights Company’s Commitment to Market Leadership
Waukesha Bearings Corporation, a global leader in the design and manufacture of oil- and process-lubricated engineered fluid film bearings, [...]
Upcoming Tradeshows and Conferences
Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia
September 15-17, 2020
Houston, TX
Chinese International Turbomachinery Conference (CITC)
New Dates! October 30 – November 2, 2020
Guangzhou, China
ISMB
New Dates! December 1-4, 2020
Rio de Janeiro