Hybrid Bearings for an Oil Pump in a Locomotive
Austria
Application:
- Oil pump for transformer oil cooler in the Taurus locomotive
Problem:
- Initial solution with standard bearings did not offer sufficient life time
- NKE engineering established electrical corrosion as the root cause for failures
NKE Solution:
- Bearings with ceramic balls preventing the passage of electric current – 3306-B-TV-C3-SQ77B and 6305-C3-SQ77B
To application report