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NEW WR®575 CARBON FIBER TECHNOLOGY LAUNCHED DELIVERS RELIABILITY AND EFFICIENCY IN EXTREME OPERATING CONDITIONS
18 August 2003 - Greene Tweed & Co Benelux BV

When extreme operating conditions lead to costly performance failures in bearings lubricated with oil, the new WR®575 is a durable and economical alternative.

The reason for failure is clear. Experience shows that hydrodynamic or fluid film bearings work as long as oil film is sufficient to prevent contact. But these bearings can wear out in equipment that requires frequent starts and stops. In these demanding start-and-stop conditions, oil can collapse, allowing continued contact that results in costly bearing replacements.

By contrast, the WR 575 from Greene, Tweed avoids the problems of oil lubrication. The product is made from an innovative carbon fiber composite material that assures critical durability, corrosion and heat resistance, and reduced need for maintenance, even in the most extreme conditions. WR 575 delivers an advantage profile that also establishes it as the appropriate complement for Greene, Tweed's WR®300 and WR®525.

Applications versatility is key. The WR 575 material makes it ideal in sleeves, rings, and thrust pads used in gas turbines, steam turbines, hydroelectric turbines, centrifugal compressors, centrifugal blowers, centrifugal pumps, and gearboxes. In particular, thrust pads made of WR 575 material avoid the high-temperature and oil-viscosity problems associated with thrust pads made of carbon steel and a thin layer of babbitt.

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About: Greene Tweed & Co Benelux BV
Greene, Tweed specialises in the development, manufacture and supply of rings, seals and profiles for industrial applications in which extremely high specifications are set for the material; brand names include Chemraz, WR and AR.

An early product in the portfolio, the G-T Ring, was introduced and approved for use in the landing gear of the F-4 Phantom in 1964. The G-T Ring remains a core product in Aerospace landing gear today.

As the business developed, strategy warranted the establishment of corporate headquarters in Kulpsville, Pa., USA. in the 1970s. With this foothold, the company expanded around the globe. In the early 1980s it introduced several versatile elastomers, such as Fluoraz, and designed pioneering product geometries, such as the first "capped seal." Arlon, a tough, high-temperature, semi-crystalline engineering polymer, also joined the product line, followed shortly by one of Greene, Tweed's most innovative products, Chemraz, a chemical-resistant elastomer, effective in the most extreme temperatures.

Recognizing the race toward a global economy, Greene, Tweed began geographic expansion by opening offices in Germany, England and France. By the mid 1980s, Greene, Tweed had established a presence in the Pacific with a Japanese office. The Asian market has maintained its pattern of growth with additional offices today in Singapore and Korea.

The turn of the century ushered in a new product, Orthtek, a lightweight, thermoplastic composite with high-strength and radiolucent properties, that satisfies the demands of the Medical and Biotechnology industry. Worldwide expansion has continued with new offices in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. A tradition of creative and innovative ideas has also grown with the development of new products, from new composite technologies and vision systems to fibre optic connectors and extreme electrical connectors.

Greene Tweed’s WR and AR product ranges are distributed by Flowserve all over Europe. In Belgium the Greene Tweed & Co products are also distributed by Humitab BVBA in St.Job in ‘t Goor.


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