In 1980, Great Britain’s National Trust recommissioned Gondola, an 1859 steam-powered vessel for 86 passengers styled after a Venetian gondola, on Coniston Water in Cumbria, England. The 86-ft. long vessel is powered by a twin-cylinder, “V-90” configured double-acting steam engine that generates a maximum torque of 8,000 Nm (5,900 lb.ft.) with a service speed of…
How to deal with a 42-year-old grid coupling on a steam yacht gondola
In 1980, Great Britain’s National Trust recommissioned Gondola, an 1859 steam-powered vessel for 86 passengers styled after a Venetian gondola, on Coniston Water in Cumbria, England. The 86 ft. long vessel is powered by a twin cylinder, ‘V-90’ configured double-acting steam engine that generates a maximum torque of 8,000 Nm (5,900 lb.ft.) with a service […]
How to deal with a 42-year-old grid coupling on a steam yacht gondola
In 1980, Great Britain’s National Trust recommissioned Gondola, an 1859 steam-powered vessel for 86 passengers styled after a Venetian gondola, on Coniston Water in Cumbria, England. The 86 ft. long vessel is powered by a twin cylinder, ‘V-90’ configured double-acting steam engine that generates a maximum torque of 8,000 Nm (5,900 lb.ft.) with a service […]
86-Year old Bibby grid coupling in use for decades at Twyford Waterworks
Originally built in 1898 and expanded over the next 30 years, the Twyford Waterworks continues to supply water to the city of Southhampton and surrounding areas in Southern England. With all the original Edwardian-era buildings and most of the original equipment still intact, the historic pumping station was named a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 1973. […]
Standard disc spring torque limiters from Bibby Turboflex
During normal running torque is continuously transmitted from the hub to the flange through balls or rollers held in indentations in matching halves of a carrier flange by disc springs. As the torque exceeds a pre-set limit the balls or rollers are forced out of their indentations, allowing the flange sections to rotate separately. At […]
High-performance couplings for aeroderivative gas turbine
The IHI Group, one of the largest engineering and manufacturing companies in Japan, specializes in large-scale power and construction projects. One aspect of its business is to take jet engines that were originally designed for aerospace applications and adapt them to generate electricity in land-based, combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants. These efficient aeroderivative […]
Turboflex HS couplings for biomass-fired steam turbines
A leading global provider of power generation technologies required coupling solutions for use on three steam turbines at a series of new biomass power plants located in the UK. The three geared reaction steam turbines include a 23 MW unit and a 45 MW unit that will be fired by waste wood, while a 50 […]
Bibby high performance carbon fibre couplings
Carbon fiber shaft couplings simplify design and cut lifecycle costs in demanding power transmission application High-performance carbon fiber shaft couplings from Bibby Turboflex, part of the Altra Industrial Motion Group, can dramatically simplify the design, installation and maintenance of power transmission systems requiring long horizontal or vertical shafts, while also improving dynamic performance. The company’s […]