Motor & Pump Applications

Expert Repairs, Advanced Upgrades

 

Kingsbury has supplied tens of thousands of bearings for a large variety of pump applications and for vertical electric motors. Kingsbury standard J, B, KV, and KVB designs are stocked for shaft sizes from 2” to 10”. Kingsbury's self-contained, self-lubricating CH and C style bearings are provided in a full package, complete with a housing and all necessary seals, circulators, and a heat exchanger. The bearings are fully assembled and do not require an external lube system.

 
Kingsbury Expert Services For Motors & Pumps

  • Evaluation, repair, and rebabbitting of thrust and journal bearings, seals, guide bearings, and thrust blocks for motor and pump application
  • Most standard parts are in stock including shoes, leveling plates and thrust disks for pump and motor bearings up to shaft sizes of about 10” in diameter
Performance Upgrades & Retrofits
  • Kingsbury equalizing (KBV) and non-equalizing (VK) retrofits for springplate and other OEM-supplied bearings
  • High-pressure lift for vertical motor and large pump applications to increase load capacity and simplify maintenance and start-up
  • Alternate pad geometries for increased performance
  • Self-contained CH bearings for centrifugal pumps and other applications
Retrofit of pump bearing for water storage facility
PEEK and other alternate material for special pump processes
Standard equalizing “J-type” Kingsbury thrust bearing