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Innovative turntable bearings: a journey of technological innovation in the marine crane industry
Innovative turntable bearings: a journey of technological innovation in the marine crane industry
Background:
With the rapid development of global trade and logistics, ship cranes play a crucial role in the field of harbour and ship handling. The customer is a well-known shipping company, to cope with the increasing demand for freight transport, decided to upgrade its marine cranes, aiming at solving the challenges of marine cranes' working conditions under high loads, frequent rotations, and harsh environments, such as well as improving their performance and reliability.
The Challenge:
Ship cranes need to withstand huge loads and frequent rotary movements during loading and unloading operations, and at the same time have to deal with corrosive marine environments and harsh climatic influences. Existing slewing bearings are difficult to meet these challenges, resulting in reduced operating efficiency and increased maintenance costs. So the customer approached THB hoping that we could upgrade the performance of the existing crane's slewing bearings.
Solution:
THB team has a group of professional engineers and technical experts, through in-depth research and innovative design, to provide customers with high-quality slewing ring bearing solutions to improve the operating efficiency of cranes and reduce maintenance costs.
Bearing performance:
After many tests and verifications, the new turntable bearing shows excellent performance. It can stably carry heavy loads and achieve high-speed rotation, and at the same time has good corrosion resistance and durability. This enables the marine crane to maintain efficient, stable, and reliable operation under various working conditions.
User Evaluation:
Mr. Chen, an engineer, spoke highly of the performance of the new slewing ring bearings: "After we installed the new slewing ring bearings on the ship, the operating efficiency of the crane has improved significantly. It can carry large cargoes stably and still work reliably in the harsh marine environment. Our loading and unloading operations are more efficient, which has greatly enhanced our transport capacity and competitiveness."
Continuous innovation and development:
THB continues to be committed to continuous innovation and development after the successful application of the marine crane turntable bearing project. The design and manufacturing process of the new slewing ring bearings is constantly being improved to enhance performance and reliability. At the same time, THB works closely with ship manufacturers and port operators to continually explore innovations in marine crane technology and promote the development of the entire marine crane industry.