Maprom Water-Lubricated Bearings

Our range

• MAPROM demountable stave bearings combine the performance of precision-fitted bearings, rugged simplicity, and inherent advantages of a rubber water-lubricated system. It is made up of keystone-sided molded solid nitrile staves, precision-fitted to the shaft journal. When installed, the staves form a self-locking cylindrical bearing for a round bore housing. The system provides improved water lubrication, improved shaft alignment, suppression of resonant vibration and minimizes transference of vibration to ship’s structure. Bearing replacement can be done safely and quickly without shaft withdrawal.
• MAPROM Arctic bearings with excellent friction performance and minimal deflection properties manufactured particularly for CPP driven vessels, mostly used on Navy vessels and world’s largest ice breakers.
• MAPROM Ultra Low Friction stave bearings guaranteeing the lowest bearing system wear at highest loads and lowest shaft rpm are successfully used on cutter dredger applications, CPP driven vessels and highly loaded bearings system applications.
• MAPROM PA Bearings for clean water lubricated applications and zero noise acoustic signature performance at both the lowest and highest shaft speeds. These bearings are used on sub-surface navy vessels.
• MAPROM rubber lined sleeve and flange bearings in Naval brass or non-metallic execution especially for use in abrasive laden water and successfully used on many inland and seagoing merchant vessels.