S T O C K TA K E
Vesconite
Eddie Swanepoel | eddie@vesconite.com | +64 366 92249
TWELVE YEARS ON:
NO WEAR ON VESCONITE BEARING
After years of replacing white metal stuffing box bearings on the 57-year-old sloop ‘Calloo
of Wivenhoe’, Martin Wibmer chose an alternative.
In 2007, he used Vesconite, the advanced, self-lubricating marine polymer. A recent survey
found that the bearing was still sound with hardly any noticeable wear.
Ultra-low friction Vesconite has no stick-slip, making it ideal for use in sailboat deck,
hardware, steering and propulsion applications. It provides a long wear life—up to 10 times
that of bronze—even in dirty and silty conditions. Machining to exacting tolerances of +/-
0.025mm, it has exceptional dimensional stability and load strength, and threads easily.
“As a bearing material, it doesn’t seem to wear at all,” says Wibmer. “Mine is showing
minimal deterioration after 12 years of regular use.”
Wibmer typically sails Calloo of Wivenhoe solo in the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland but
takes an annual cruise to the west coast of Norway.
ANTI-VIBRATION
MOUNTS FROM HI-Q
E-mail: sales@hiq.co.nz | Visit: www.hiq.co.nz
MACHINE HEALTH
MONITORING MADE SIMPLE
SKF’s QuickCollect makes it easy for anyone to
monitor machine health with minimum training and
experience. The QuickCollect enables you to quickly
and easily identify the condition of your machine due
to the easy to use data collector and data analysing
apps. This makes it ideal for service, reliability,
operations and even maintenance personal. A great
tool to assist as part of a walk around data collection
program.
QuickCollect features:
• Bluetooth connectivity with simple to use apps
Hi-Q Components
Phone: 0800 800 293
Applied Industrial Technologies
Phone: (09) 274 0056 E-mail: nz-logistics@appliednz.com
• Certified ATEX Zone 1, Class 1 Division 1 (pending)
• IP65 – dust and water ingress protection
• Eight hours of battery on one charge
• Drop test with rubber boot (1.8m) to concrete
• Overall velocity and enveloped acceleration, gE
band 3
• FFT (velocity and gE band 3)
• IR temperature
• Can be integrated with cloud based software
Visit your nearest Applied branch to collect your
QuickCollect sensor.
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Hi-Q Components has a wide range of anti-vibration mounts. The range includes male
and female threaded anti-vibration mounts.
Manufactured in rubber and zinc plated steel, the mounts are available in metric thread
sizes ranging from M4 to M16. The female and male anti-vibration mount sizes range from
15mm dia. x 15mm high M4, through to100mm dia. x 60mm high for M16.
Hi-Q has four threaded types available from stock, male/male, male/female, female/
female and a tapered mount with male thread.
For further information contact Hi-Q Components.
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