Elastomer Bearings
Trelleborg has a long tradition of manufacturing flexible sub structure elements combining rubber and steel. Traditionally this technology has been applied to the foundations of bridges in connection with road construction.
Elastomers are an ideal form of maintenance-free material for offshore applications where energy absorption and vibration reduction combined with movement tolerance is required. Trelleborg use advance modelling techinques to predict the stress versus strain characteristics and also study the fatigue life of our bearings.
Elastomeric Bearings are steel laminated elastomer bearings. They are used to accomodate axial, shear and rotational movement. A variety of high to medium load bearings can be manufactured to suit all specifications. It is commonly used in the offshore market with our specially formulated elastomer compound which gives it resistance to oil-based process liquids.