John Crane Engineered Bearings

Service Solutions

Get the Engineering Edge for Your Turbomachinery

John Crane Engineered Bearings Service Solutions

Advanced Bearing Solutions Realized Through

Collaboration, Innovation and Expertise

John Crane Engineered Bearings, is now an integral part of the global bearings product and service
portfolio of John Crane. Our facilities provide a center of excellence in bearing repair, troubleshooting
and analysis, retrofits and reliability improvement solutions, which complements the existing
global network of manufacturing facilities. John Crane is part of Smiths Group, a global technology
business. John Crane designs and manufactures turbomachinery components and associated
products primarily for the oil and gas, power, chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, and
mining sectors.
Since being established more than 95 years ago John Crane
has become the acknowledged global leader in its field.
Today it provides the most complete selection of engineered
mechanical seals, sealing support systems, engineered
bearings, filters and power transmission couplings for use
in pumps, compressors, gearboxes, turbines and other
rotating equipment, all of which are supported by the global
John Crane sales and service network.

The wide application range of John Crane bearings

underscores the flexibility of these products, and this
is reinforced by the companys outstanding technical
support capabilities, modern production facilities and
sophisticated inspection services. Production of John
Cranes hydrodynamic bearings takes place at its four
manufacturing facilities based in the United States
and Europe.

John Cranes engineered bearing solutions provide

reliable and robust shaft line technologies for the power
generation, oil and gas, petrochemical, processing, and
marine industries. With more than 125 years combined
experience in the design, manufacture, repair and upgrade
of hydrodynamic bearings, John Crane is well-positioned to
meet even the most demanding applications.

Highly advanced CAD-based engineering capabilities

ensure consistently high levels of quality. A continuous
exchange of ideas with technical universities and institutes
creates the basis for the successful transformation of
customers technical requirements into high-quality
products.

Products for Productivity

John Crane global service and support network will keep you up and running with
high-quality new and reconditioned components. Providing unrivalled customer
support and quick turnaround when our customers need us most, our dedicated
facilities provide support with service solutions for:
Sleeve and tilting pad journal bearings
Fixed and tilting pad thrust bearings
Hydrogen Seals
Thermoplastic or metallic interstage compressor labyrinth seals
Metallic labyrinth seals and oil deflectors
Steam-turbine packing
Bearing-housing oil seals
Pump wear rings
Compressor oil-film seals

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John Crane Engineered Bearings Service Solutions

The John Crane Engineered Bearings Edge

John Crane Engineered Bearings Service Solutions can make a big difference in the way your
rotating equipment performs. Our only business is servicing our customers needs for the repair
and manufacture of bearings and seals for turbomachinery, either in-kind or customized to your
operation. For over 20 years, John Crane Engineered Bearings responsive service and engineering
skill have given customers in the petrochemical, refining and power generation industries the
engineering edge for their rotating equipment.
Why are John Crane products and services so important to you now? Take a look at your major business concerns
competition, customer demands, operating costs, fewer people doing more work, and increased environmental and safety
regulations. In some way, the efficiency and reliability of your turbomachinery affects all of these issues. More than ever, you
need maximum performance from your maintenance expenditures.

John Crane Quality is a Major

Component of Every One of Our
Products

John Crane Engineered Bearings

Service Solutions Proves to Be a Major
Utility Industry Player

Since you have many daily problems to solve, you should

not have to worry about the quality of your turbomachinery
parts. We recognize that reliability and machine uptime are
key objectives for our customers, and our philosophy is to
ensure that every product leaving our facility is designed and
manufactured to support these needs.

We have played an expanding role in the power generation

industry, delivering superior service and products for
many major utility providers. Our experience ranges from
upgrading sleeve bearings to tilting pad journal bearings in
boiler feed pumps at many nuclear stations to revitalizing
a 1,150-MW turbine generator set with tilt pad journal
bearings. Weve also used polymer wear-ring technology
in boiler feed pumps and upgraded thrust bearings in gas
turbines.

With this in mind, we have developed a rigorous qualitycontrol process that ensures strict adherence to engineering
guidelines, from the quotation stage to shipment. Our
quality-control team has final say over the fitness of
materials, components and assembled products at every
stage of manufacture. At our facilities, nothing ships until
our quality-control team says it can.

John Crane has provided quick turnaround repairs for all

types of bearings and seals, including supporting a major
utility supplier with a rush repair on a critical gas turbine
unit. The bearing was removed, repaired and ready to
re-install in just three days. Our fast response helped to
avoid additional downtime and associated costs from an
extended outage. So whether you need quick turnaround
repairs, solutions to bearing and seal-related problems, or
increased efficiency of your rotating equipment, we have the
power to help.

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John Crane Engineered Bearings Service Solutions

Our Engineering is Your Edge

Our engineering staff represents the leading edge of a host of capabilities that includes a fully tooled manufacturing facility,
a committed quality-control organization, and an around-the-clock commitment to providing positive solutions to your
turbomachinery problems.

The Services You Need for Maximum Throughput

One of the most important benefits we offer our customers is expert services and guidance that help them get even more
from our products.

Service Portfolio
Repair of sleeve and tilting pad bearings
Manufacturing of original spare parts
Bearing design, opimization and retrofits
Labyrinth seal design, optimization and retrofits
Reverse engineering
Rotordynamic analysis
Bearing failure analysis and troubleshooting

Rotor model of gas turbine engine

used in rotordynamics analysis.

Innovation is a Big Part of Our Engineering Edge

It would be very easy to help our customers maintain their plants by simply performing only direct replacements of bearings
and seals. But that is not our philosophy. Customers return to John Crane for help with their turbomachinery because we
look at things differently, finding new, more cost-efficient ways to tackle old problems. Here are just a few examples:
How often have you heard about, or been faced with, high thrust-bearing temperatures that ultimately lead to unscheduled
maintenance or more frequent overhauls? John Crane regularly designs solutions for existing bearings that are used in all
types of turbomachinery. Satisfied customers report significant increases in uptime and decreases in maintenance costs.
One common problem we hear about is poor thrust-bearing performance in several of the most popular single-stage
turbines. We solved this one some time ago by designing a drop-in conversion kit that reduces maintenance costs by
extending the mean time between overhauls.

Optimizing Thrust-Bearing
Performance

Reducing Bearing Temperatures

The original bearing was a rolling element thrust bearing

that was not capable of handling high thrust loads. This
upgraded, drop-in replacement bearing requires only a
keyway to be cut in the shaft, allowing the customer to run
for many years instead of just months before replacement
is required.

Utilizing copper pads, an offset pivot and a ball-and-socket

design, we were able to drop the bearing temperature and
upgrade a non-equalized thrust bearing without having to
do costly machine modifications.

If you have had a situation or two like these yourself, or if you think youre facing something completely different, contact us
to find out how we can support your needs. Let our spirit of innovation pay off for you.

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Let John Crane Engineer Solutions for Your Plant

If you had to typify what we do best, it would be problem-solving. Whether you want to repair,
replace or upgrade bearings or seals, the specialists at John Crane will assess your situation
and show you the best way to get the job done often with increases in efficiency and
reliability that improve your bottom line.

John Crane
Engineered Bearings
1111 Cedar Creek Road
Grafton, WI 53024, USA

John Crane
Engineered Bearings
Robert Bosch Breite 10
37079 Gottingen, Germany

John Crane
Engineered Bearings
1800 West 13th Street
Deer Park, TX 77536, USA

Tel: 1-262-377-2210
Fax: 1-262-377-0729
bearings@johncrane.com

Tel: 49-551-27072-100
Fax: 49-551-27072-450
bearings@johncrane.de

Tel: 1-713-943-9100
Fax: 1-713-943-1610
bearing.services@johncrane.com

For your nearest John Crane facility, please contact one of the locations below.
North America
Morton Grove, IL USA

Europe
Slough, UK

Latin America
So Paulo, Brazil

Middle East & Africa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Asia Pacific
Singapore

1-800-SEALING
Tel: 1-847-967-2400
Fax: 1-847-967-3915

Tel: 44-1753-224000
Fax: 44-1753-224224

Tel: 55-11-3371-2500
Fax: 55-11-3371-2599

Tel: 971-481-27800
Fax: 971-488-62830

Tel: 65-6518-1800
Fax: 65-6518-1803

If the products featured will be used in a potentially dangerous and/or hazardous process, your John Crane representative should be consulted prior to
their selection and use. In the interest of continuous development, John Crane Companies reserve the right to alter designs and specifications without
prior notice. ISO 9001, ISO 14001 Certified. Details available on request.
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