Orkot® TXMM Hydro Bearings can run completely dry, they have excellent wear characteristics, and are non-toxic. At Dinorwig Power Station they have surpassed the original bearing life of the bronze bearings and are currently in their sixth year of service with excellent wear results.

Today, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions supplies bearing materials for a wide range of hydro applications including; wicket gate bearings, water-lubricated turbine main shaft guide bearings and pump bearings, servomotor bearings, linkage bearings, Kaplan hub bearings, operating ring wear pads, thrust washers, wheel bearings, fish screen bearings, trunnion bearings, and lock gate bearings.

Some of the many applications that Orkot® Hydro Bearings are used for include:

Power Generation

* Wicket Gate /Guide Vane Bearings
* Wicket Gate Thrust Pads
* Wicket Gate Link Bearings
* Vertical shaft Bearings
* Horizontal Shaft Bearings
* Runner Blade Bearings
* Operating Ring Wear Pads
* Servo motor Bearings
* Upper / Lower Vertical Liners
* Eccentric Pin Bearings
* Segmented Face Seal Rings
* Fish Pump Steady Bearing

Control Gates and Valves

* Butterfly Valve Seals
* Butterfly Trunnion Bearings
* Bulkhead Wear Pads
* Lock Gate Bearings
* Spillway Gate Trunnion Bearings
* Spillway Gate Wear Pads
* Dead End Link Bearings
* Floating Mooring Bit
* Crane Bearings
* Navigation Lock Tainter Valve
* Wheel Bearings
* Pintle Bearings

Trash Rakes & Fish Screens

* Trash Rake Bearings
* Trash Rake Wear Pads
* Submerged Traveling Screen Lower and Upper Idler Roll
* Submerged Traveling Screen Idler Roller Stub
* Shaft Bearing
* Submerged Traveling Screen Guide Strips
* Submerged Traveling Screen Sheaves
* Fish Ladder Bearings
* Intake Gate Sheaves & Bearings
* ESBS Fish Screen Bearings and Wear Pads