WAUKESHA BEARINGS
FLUID FILM BEARINGS
MAGNETIC BEARINGS
Integral Squeeze Film Damper
Leading Vibration Solution
ISFD® technology provides highly engineered damping and stiffness to allow exact placement of critical speeds and increase the dynamic stability of rotor/bearing systems.
In the patented ISFD design, stiffness and damping are independent of each other and can be precisely controlled. This produces higher and more accurate damping capability than a conventional squeeze film damper and makes ISFD technology a leading solution for controlling vibrations in mainstream and emerging applications.
Stiffness and damping are each optimized for the application through rigorous rotordynamic analysis.
Magnetic Bearings
Superior Performance
For more than three decades, Waukesha Magnetic Bearings has applied proven magnetic bearing technology to advance the performance of rotating equipment. We lead the industry in custom-engineered active magnetic bearing (AMB) systems for large turbomachinery and high-performing rotating equipment.
Our robust AMB systems have achieved 99.9% availability without special redundancy provisions, making them the standard for mission-critical applications. We leverage the intelligence of magnetic bearing systems and the remote connectivity capabilities of our third generation controllers to allow for machine commissioning, diagnostics and adjustment on-demand from a remote location.
Brush Seals
Increase Operational Efficiencies
Compliant brush sealing systems from Waukesha Bearings can be applied to a wide variety of rotating equipment in air, steam, or process gas applications to reduce the leakage gap between the sealing surface and rotor.
The compliancy of a brush seal allows the bristles to deflect with minimal wear, thereby maintaining a small leakage gap over time and increasing operational efficiencies.
Hard Surfaces at High Temperatures
Waukesha Bearings applies ceramic and cermet (ceramic-metallic composite) materials to thrust and journal bearing designs to extend bearing capabilities in applications where traditional materials and polymers fall short.
The extremely hard surfaces of ceramic/cermet bearings can handle corrosive materials, contaminated lubricant and temperatures beyond the limits of polymers and traditional materials.
