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Hydraulic Cylinder Bearings
Feroform for hydraulic cylinders
Feroform offers key technical advantages as a hydraulic cylinder bearing material, and the corresponding machinery. As such, Feroform hydraulic cylinder bearings have established themselves as the superior choice due to their market-leading wear performance and friction levels.
Feroform at a glance
- Increased lifetime of hydraulic cylinder
- Better uptime and fewer, quicker repairs
- Improved performance of hydraulic cylinders
- Smooth cylinder piston movement
- Minor expansion or swell at extreme temperatures
- Reduced cost of ownership and operation
- Material with all major marine society classification
Hydraulic Cylinder Bearings
Increasing hydraulic cylinder efficiency
These low-friction parts have quick reaction times, giving a smoother and more controlled movement of the piston, in order to give safer and more reliable machinery. At the same time, the tighter running clearances of durable Feroform bearings give better support and guidance to the piston, further improving movement performance.
Increased uptime of the hydraulic cylinder is a key benefit when using Feroform bearings, whose main feature is a longer work life. Machinery works for longer periods before repair stops because Feroform bearings outlast typical bearing materials like inferior plastic or cotton-based parts.
- Maximising Feroform's durability
Independent field testing by the world’s leading mining equipment manufacturer proves a 2,000-hour work bonus before the first maintenance stop to replace wear parts. This is especially vital for mining or offshore operations, which are often remote and hard to access.
Feroform helps solve the problem of expensive standstill periods and costly repairs, by avoiding unplanned downtime. Feroform’s longer bearing life delivers on this, so machinery works for longer before servicing and these stops can be better predicted.
The commercial benefit of Feroform material is better profit and lower OpEx cost per ton of product. The rising productivity targets within the industry place a higher requirement on hydraulic cylinders, which Feroform bearings fulfil.
- Boosting load efficiency
The superior performance-to-weight ratio of Feroform bearings allows cylinders to become lighter, so bigger loads can be moved each lift, and profit increases. Profit is further improved thanks to the reduced energy usage of a smoother-running Feroform cylinder, the lower ownership cost of longer-life bearings, and less time spent on maintenance stops.
Feroform material is anti-corrosive, and specially designed to work with all typical shaft metals and coatings. This protects costly internal parts from damage and further reduces costs on-site.
Materials
Feroform T814
Composite material made from woven fibre bonded with resin with PTFE as a friction modifier.
Feroglide
Feroglide bearings are typically used in valves, hydropower equipment, lifting equipment and many other applications.
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Contents
Increased lifetime of hydraulic cylinder
Better uptime and fewer, quicker repair stops
Improved performance of hydraulic cylinders
Smooth and reliable movement of the cylinder piston
Excel even at extreme temperatures, with negligible expansion or swell