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Some bearings of this design have a 20-year projected life without relubing.
Bearing Lubed with Solid Thrives Where Standard Designs Fail

Thursday
April 20
2000
A patented cage design and self-contained lubricant film lasts longer than traditional lubricants in bearings of all kinds. These improved bearings were first developed for solid-lubricant hybrid-ceramic bearings in gas-turbine engines.  Conventional dry-bearing design had been tried there without success.  The cage in them suffered the most damage at high speeds using dry solid lubricants.

One key to the new bearing's success is a cage design... [More]
New maintenance-free spherical-plain bearing showing TSI patented RINGLUBE film replenishing ring at bottom in ball center.
New Improved Spherical-Plain Bearings

Thursday
November 4
1999
Tribology Systems, Inc. (TSI) learned recently from a customer that their standard spherical plain bearings used in high-speed vehicles are wearing excessively and sometimes seizing in service, when they are not periodically re-greased, which raised safety issues.  Their wear life has been reduced, especially in new high-speed passenger-vehicle applications.

TSI engineers previously have used advanced lubr... [More]
Storage Technologies for Ride-Through Capability

 
April
1999
The need for modular energy storage systems - technologies that can allow large loads or even whole facilities to ride through brief power sags or outages - has surged in the power quality marketplace, giving rise to a host of new offerings.  The options include low- and high-speed flywheels, improved chemical batteries, superconducting magnetic energy storage, and ultracapacitors, as well as new systems that... [More]
Renewable Generation and Storage Systems

 
September
1998
Flywheel development has been directed primarily at two areas: vehicular propulsion and storage as part of an electrical system. Flywheels are particularly compatible with electric and electric hybrid vehicles, where they can serve as a primary storage medium or as a surge power source enabling enhanced vehicle acceleration and battery life.  They are also compatible with the regenerative braking systems common to... [More]