Design and Modeling
Custom Bearing Design and Modeling to Your Specifications
Empirically Proven Design Solutions
Are you searching for a customized design to satisfy a specific requirement? Perhaps you need a brand new application to solve an industrial bearing problem? Are you tired of companies that promise "engineering" but only deliver what they want to sell you?
If these problems sound like yours, you will see the benefits of using a professional design and modeling team that can choose the best solution for you from an array of materials and configurations:
- Know that you are getting top engineering analysis that is backed by rotor dynamic models that have been tested and refined
- Partner with a team of experts with years of engineering experience, who will make sure your problem gets solved.
- Get advanced state-of-the-art bearing analysis tools applied to your unique problem
- Proceed with confidence, knowing you have the freshest ideas in bearing design, the latest materials, and the best unique solution to your special problem
Wheeler can predict the operational performance for conventional, elliptical, mutli-lobed, and tilting pad journal and thrust bearings.
Using the industry's most accurate analytical software, our engineers can select the design that will provide the vibration-free operation and extended bearing life. The development of these tools utilizes our bearing test stand to refine the output of our proprietary models and ensures that your design will function exactly the way you expect and need it to function.
- Predict load-bearing capacity
- Analyze the vibration potential
- Ensure a bearing design that is reliable and efficient
Bearing Design Verification
Want an expert second opinion on your own bearing design? Have you already developed a prototype bearing or thrust plate and want confirmation that your prototype will function the way you want?
A design flaw can result in unnecessary and expensive damage to costly equipment. When you want a sound analysis and ‘bank on it’ verification before going into production, you need an experienced design team that knows what questions to ask:
- What type of equipment is it?
- What’s the size?
- How much load will it have to carry?
- What’s the shaft speed?
- What type of lubrication system will it use?
- What material will maximize its efficiency?
- What do you want the application to do?
- And many, many more
A Collaborative Process
Wheeler works with you to ensure your prototype is ideally suited to your application. We have the technology and equipment to push its envelope and can provide you with a succinct analysis and expert recommendations. If its capability is in excess of what the job requires, we’ll tell you that, too, and suggest a less costly solution.
An inefficient bearing design translates to wasted time and money. When you want the very best in design and modeling, you can rely on Wheeler to provide it.