Markets We Serve

Fluid Power

Tribotech’s polyester resin composite bearings are the gold standard in hydraulic applications, providing world-class performance, precision and guidance, while preventing metal-to-metal contact with the cylinder.

With exceptionally high compressive strength, shock-load capabilities and dimensional stability with or without fluids, Tribotech bearings offer a significant advantage over traditional materials, such as phenolic, glass nylon and other thermoplastics. Tribotech materials can easily replace thermoplastic and metallic bearings and bushings in nearly any application.

Products:

Wear rings and guide rings
Bushings
Strut bushings
Composite spherical bearings
Composite sleeve bearings

Typical Applications:

Injection molding machinery
Agricultural equipment
Long wall and surface mining equipment
Roll mill hydraulics
AGC cylinders
Bending and balance cylinders

Features:

Superior compressive strength
High shock load capability
Dimensional stability in wet, dry or dirty conditions
Low coefficient of friction
High temperature resistance
Exceptionally tight tolerances
Self-lubricating (grease-free)

Hydro Power

Tribotech materials are an ideal fit in the hydropower industry, offering design engineers and maintenance managers a dependable, high-quality solution to reduce maintenance and optimize system performance.

Self-lubricating, wear-resistant and low friction – Tribotech materials offer exceptional dimensional stability and high-load capabilities that eliminate toxic or abrasive fillers. Tribotech materials can replace thermoplastic and metallic bearings and bushings in nearly all applications.

Products:

Bushings and bearings
Wear rings and guide rings
Wear pads
Thrust washers

Typical Applications:

Lock gates
Control gates
Bridge pivots
Operating rings
Running blades
Vertical pump shafts
Wicket gates
Screens
Chain guides
Trunnions
Floating moorings

Features:

Environmentally friendly
Low friction
High-load bearing
High-shock loading
Self-lubricating
Negligible moisture absorption
Wet or dry running
Excellent wear life
Non-conductive

Marine

On deck or below the waterline, Tribotech Composites offers marine engineers and maintenance managers an environmentally friendly, cost-effective alternative to traditional materials.

Non-corrosive, greaseless and self-lubricating, the materials feature great dimensional stability and high load capabilities and contain no toxic or abrasive fillers. Tribotech materials are easily machined and can be freeze fitted, press fitted or resin chocked. They can be used to replace thermoplastic and metallic bearings and bushings in almost every application where they are used.

Products:

Bearings and bushings
Composite spherical bearings
Guide strips
Thrust washers
Wear pads
Composite sleeve bearings

Typical Applications:

On Deck

Fairleads
Winches
Pulleys
Rollers
Capstans
Cranes
Conveyors

Below Water

Rudders
Pintles
Stern Tubes
Stabilizers

Features:

Environmentally friendly
Excellent wear life
Wet or dry running
Self-lubricating
Low friction
Negligible moisture absorption in fresh or salt water
Edge-load tolerant
Machinable in place

Oil & Gas

Tribotech bearings are used at nearly every stage of oil-and-gas production, from extraction pumps, compressors and turbo expanders to refining, transportation and storage. Self-lubricating and maintenance-free, these high-quality polyester resin blends will not swell with exposure to fluids.

With high temperature resistance, they work exceptionally well with most hydraulic fluids used throughout oil-and-gas applications. Tribotech materials exhibit high load bearing and shock-load capabilities to maintain peak performance in dry or submerged conditions.

Tribotech materials often replace thermoplastic and metallic bearings and bushings in nearly all applications.