Turbomachinery Thrust Bearings
New Way Turbomachinery Thrust Bearings are ideal for precision rotary applications requiring constrained motion, giving you all the differential advantages of air bearings built on our proven Porous Media Technology.
In order to prevent linear motion, we developed a thrust face made from porous carbon, allowing a rotating shaft to transmit it’s axial load into the bearing. These bearings are found in many rotary applications such as turbochargers in high-performance automobiles, compressors, pumps and turbines.
For the turbomachinery sector, we’ve taken our standard line of thrust bearings for constraining axial motion and built a new product line with a focus towards high speed operation supporting large artifacts.
- Large-scale rotary motion
- No contact
- No wear
- No noise
- No lubrication needed
- Excellent velocity control
- No vibration
- High speed
- High stiffness
Applications
Leveraging decades of success in rotating equipment with New Way’s Externally Pressurized Porous Media Technology, New-Seal® products are ideal for the toughest sealing challenges across a wide array of industries. The absence of contact and oil removes the burden of routine maintenance, allowing for increased operations time.
The ability to operate on process gasses makes our bearings ideal for refrigeration and compressor applications
Porous media air bearings are modular and highly stiff, ideal for axially constraining rotating artifacts in natural gas turbines and other power generating environments
General Electric’s Research Center already considers porous media air bearings as the next logical step in gas film bearing technology for megawatt class projects
Porous media bearings inherently balance any rotating artifact, removing axial force errors and synchronizing motion errors
New Way bearings have been successfully integrated and tested in Dedert’s new rotary atomizer, providing resistance from whirl frequencies and stable performance at all operating speeds
Turbomachinery Thrust Bearing Product Line
New Way's Turbomachinery Thrust Bearing Product Line are available in standard and custom sizes.
Comparision Table
| Model # | Shaft Size | Maximum Speed | Flow Consumption @ 60 PSIG (413.7 KPA) | Stator Bore Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW-TB-04-01NW-TB-04-01 | 4.00 in.101.60 mm | 15,000 RPM15,000 RPM | 88 -123 SCFH41.7 - 58.4 SLPM | 7.515 in. +.002/-.000 190.88 mm +0.05/-0.00 |
| NW-TB-03-01NW-TB-03-01 | 3.00 in.76.2 mm | 20,000 RPM20,000 RPM | 68-95 SCFH42-58 SLPM | 6.500 in. +.002/-.000 165.10 mm +0.05/-0.00 |
| NW-TB-02-01NW-TB-02-01 | 2.00 in.50.8 mm | 30,000 RPM30,000 RPM | 30-51 SCFH14.2-23.6 SLPM | 5.476 in. +.002/-.000 139.09 mm +0.05/-0.00 |
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