NORDEN 788 Marine - chain guide shoe
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Year	End user/client	Project	Scope of supply
2015	Bluewater Energy Services BV/Total	Kaombo North	Norden 788 FC Guide shoe synthetic composite turret Bearing
2015	​Bluewater Energy Services BV/Total	​Kaombo North	Norden 788 FC Guide shoe synthetic composite turret Bearing

• Complex shape - curving in three planes
  
• Synthetic fabric reinforced thermosetting resins with added solid lubricant fillers
• Very good dry running capability
• Very low coefficient of friction​
  

Description
One of our customers came to Norden Maritim with a challenge: Produce a chain guide shoe curving in three planes.
In fact our customer also inquired to other makers, however no one but Norden came ut with a solution. 
The material requirements were easily met by applying Norden 788 material grade.
The challenge lay in building and machining a composite with the correct shape, while at the same time ensure the mechanical strength were intact.
The solution was to produce curved segments of nominal dimensions 750x450x30. Assembled these segments cladded three shute arcs, each with a total arc length of 7m.
The pictures show a finished segment, where also the segment's curves as can be seen.  

Material
Norden 788 is a high load composite bearing material made of specially manufactured synthetic fabric reinforcement using a composite construction process which is impregnated with thermosetting resins, solid lubricant fillers are added which make it suitable for dry running applications. The product is dark grey in colour.

Manufacture
The material is manufactured to documented procedures
and standards. Full manufacturing traceability records
are kept for the material.

Certificates
Certificates of conformity can be issued that material
supplied conforms to the grade standard for a particular
order.​

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MARITIME products
Stern tube bearings
Rudder bearings
Rudder carrier bearings
Fin stabilizer bearings
Hatch cover bearing pads
Tank insulation pads
​Turret bearings
Offshore cranes & drilling 
Chain guide shoe
Dredging bearings
Wear rings and strips


​MATERIALS
Norden 788
Norden 701
Norden 901
Norden 988
Norden AM8
Norden NFF
Norden RA5

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