Ray Harrington, President, and Gordon Bardet, CEO, sign the Zollern-Pioneer Technology License Agreement on Behalf of Pioneer, August 2017. The Zollern Group’s Plain Bearing Technology division enters into an exclusive technology license agreement with Pioneer Motor Bearing Co. of the U.S. to strengthen its after-sale customer support. The agreement empowers Pioneer [...]
This came in the door today. Maybe the machinist only had a dull spoon at their disposal? In any event, it's sure thing that it'll look better when it leaves our shop. Also, we'll make sure to redesign the oil channels so they work properly.
Not even sure what exactly to call this. We are going with a "pancaked" thrust bearing case. Keep in mind this is steel, not babbitt!
This was one of the more impressive bearings to come in lately. This bearing is a 12 pad vertical guide bearing that was absolutely trashed on every pad. This type of bearing damage can be diagnosed and avoided using Pioneer's Bearing Damage Flip Chart.
Let's start the blog with one impressively damaged journal bearing! We received a full train of bearings from a turbine that experienced a catastrophic event (duh!). It appears the oil inlet holes ruptured in the event. The most impressive aspect of this damaged bearing is that this is the top half of the bearing that [...]
By John L. Weil, BSME (Drexel University, 1965); Key Accounts Manager If we are alive, energetic, healthy, pay attention to our world and have an inquisitive mind, there is much to learn in every facet of our existence. This is especially true in our professional careers where a substantial amount of our lifetime is invested [...]
By Fred C. Wiesinger, Jr. Technical Services Manager Pioneer Motor Bearing Company Image Credit: Søren Niedziella/Flickr User albioneurope In a properly designed fluid film thrust bearing operating at its design speed, a continuous hydrodynamic flow of oil completely separates the babbitt surface of each thrust shoe and the steel [...]
Welcome! ¡Bienvenido! Bem-vindo! We’re pleased to announce that on August 24, 2015, Edgardo Goyret joined Pioneer Motor Bearing as our Sales Manager. Edgardo is responsible for all domestic and international sales and is also a member of the team engaged in strategic business development initiatives. For the past almost four years, Edgardo has been a [...]
SAN FRANCISCO – March 31, 2014 – Rootstock Software®, the leader in cloud manufacturing and supply chain applications, today announced that Pioneer Motor Bearing Company (Kings Mountain, North Carolina and San Mateo, California) has chosen Rootstock’s Cloud ERP to replace its on-premise legacy ERP software, which will consolidate all of Pioneer’s key metrics onto [...]
Pioneer Motor Bearing Co. Appoints Ray Harrington President Industry Veteran to Lead Company Growth San Mateo, CA—January 3, 2012—Today, Pioneer Motor Bearing Company appointed Ray Harrington, a 30-year veteran in the bearing and power transmission industry, its fourth President in the company’s 91-year history. A consultant to the company for several years, Harrington was elected [...]