Bearings… Boiler Feed Pump Thrust Runner 21 Mar 202221 Oct 2022 TRI was contracted to install new seals on a main boiler feed pump, but disassembly of the bearing housings revealed a hidden problem. The thrust runner was loose, and this…
Other Products Hydrogen Cooled Generator Upgrades 29 Aug 201821 Oct 2022 The first hydrogen cooled generator was put into service by GE in 1937. Many of the design features of those early generators still persist today. TRI Transmission and Bearing Corp.…
Bearings… Flush Cock Valves 25 Aug 201720 Oct 2022 A video explaining the advantage of flush cock valves manufactured by TRI Transmission and Bearing Corp. has been published to YouTube. https://youtu.be/VL1sv2ADiXE
Bearings… Flush Cock Valves 27 Apr 201720 Oct 2022 Flush cock valves are used for situations where it is absolutely critical that a valve that can shut off the lube oil flow cannot be operated when the lube oil…
Bearings… Lift Oil Pumping System 21 Mar 201621 Oct 2022 TRI has recently completed a pair of lift oil pumping skids. They will produce 5 gallons per minute at 3000 p.s.i. The system will reduce the wear on bearings when…
Other Products New Generator Fans 23 Dec 201421 Oct 2022 We just finished two generator fans on an expedited schedule. The fan below has a twin. These fans were milled from forgings. They spent seven days on two CNC horizontal…
Other Products Emergency Lube Oil System 25 Aug 201421 Oct 2022 TRI just complete an emergency lube oil system that uses an uninterruptable power supply (UPS). The UPS provides AC power to a lube oil pump. Because AC components are generally…
Bearings… Floating Seal Ring Design 26 Feb 201421 Oct 2022 TRI Transmission & Bearing has released a floating seal ring design for public use. The Solidworks assembly and part files can be downloaded from Grabcad.com: https://grabcad.com/library/floating-seal-ring-6-to-24-1
Engineering… FAN FEA 5 May 201021 Oct 2022 We ran a finite element analysis (FEA) on the heavy-duty fan. We gave the fan a centrifugal load of 3600 RPM and constrained the bore. As expected, the highest stresses…
Other Products Generator Fans 28 Apr 201021 Oct 2022 TRI Transmission and Bearing Corp. has just completed two fans for either end of a large air-cooled generator. The fans are milled and then hand polished from a single steel…