Orkot Industrial & Marine Bearings

Orkot® bearing materials are a range of thermoset composite bearing materials incorporating advanced polymer technologies. These consist of technical fabrics impregnated with thermosetting resins, evenly dispersed solid lubricates and further additives to ensure the optimum solution is reached to satisfy many engineering applications.

Orkot® materials have many advantages over more traditional metallic bearing materials and other polymeric bearings including:

- Low coefficient of friction
- High load capacity
- Damping of vibration
- Ease of machining
- Dimensional stability
- Good chemical resistance
- Self lubricating
- Accommodation of shaft misalignment

Many successful applications for Orkot® involve highly loaded bearings or pads operating with intermittent or oscillating movements. Orkot® bearings have been fitted and used by thousands of satisfied customers world-wide in a diverse range of applications including:

- Process Equipment
- Lifting and handing equipment
- Formula 1 racing cars
- Merchant and Navy Shipbuilding
- Hydropower
- Railways
- Pumps & Valves
- Injection moulding machines
- Autoclave trolley bearings
- Roll covers
- Ports Harbours, sluices, sea defence barriers