C A S E S T U DY The Problem A prestigious European motor and generator OEM was selected to provide a motor for inshore testing of wind turbines. The test rig design required bearings of two different diameters and had to be capable of handling intermittent high-thrust loads. The choice of bearings was therefore crucial. Sleeve (hydrodynamic) bearings impose restrictive shaft tolerance requirements, demand considerable power input on star

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