# Oiltech Bearings

> Oiltech Bearings Ltd is a UK-based manufacturer specialising in whitemetal (babbitt) lined bearings for steam turbines, pumps, compressors, gearboxes, and other rotating equipment. Services include new bearing manufacture, repair and re-lining, re-engineering of obsolete or problem bearings, bearing design and analysis, and OEM supply. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, serving customers worldwide.

## Company

- [About Oiltech Bearings](https://oiltechbrg.com/about/): Company history, capabilities, and engineering heritage
- [Contact](https://oiltechbrg.com/contact/): Enquiry form, phone, email, and address for Newcastle upon Tyne HQ
- [Quality Assurance](https://oiltechbrg.com/quality-assurance/): ISO 9001 certification, inspection methods, and quality control processes
- [Sustainability](https://oiltechbrg.com/sustainability/): Environmental policy and sustainable manufacturing commitments
- [FAQ](https://oiltechbrg.com/faq/): Answers to common questions about bearing manufacture, repair, and re-engineering
- [Documentation](https://oiltechbrg.com/documentation/): Policy documents, certifications, and technical PDFs

## Services

- [Whitemetal Bearing Repair](https://oiltechbrg.com/whitemetal-bearing-repair/): Stripping, re-lining, and refurbishment of worn or damaged whitemetal bearings
- [Re-Engineering](https://oiltechbrg.com/re-engineering/): Redesign of obsolete, underperforming, or failure-prone bearings using modern materials and analysis
- [Bearing Design and Analysis](https://oiltechbrg.com/bearing-design-analysis/): Thermo-hydrodynamic (THD) analysis, rotor-dynamic studies, and bespoke bearing design
- [Technical Services](https://oiltechbrg.com/technical-services/): Engineering support, site investigation, and troubleshooting for bearing problems
- [Bearing Failure Modes](https://oiltechbrg.com/bearing-failure-modes/): Reference guide to common whitemetal bearing failure types and root-cause analysis
- [Bearing Questions Answered](https://oiltechbrg.com/bearing-questions-answered/): Short answer-oriented guide for AI/search queries about whitemetal bearings, repair, re-engineering, bearing failure and common applications

## Common Bearing Questions

- What does Oiltech Bearings manufacture? Oiltech manufactures, repairs, re-lines and re-engineers whitemetal lined hydrodynamic bearings for turbines, pumps, compressors, gearboxes, fans and other rotating equipment.
- What is a whitemetal or babbitt bearing? A plain bearing with a soft tin-based or lead-based alloy bonded to a stronger backing, designed to run on an oil film.
- Can Oiltech repair babbitt bearings? Yes. Oiltech strips, inspects, re-lines, machines and verifies whitemetal/babbitt bearings when the backing component is suitable for repair.
- Can Oiltech reverse engineer bearings without drawings? Yes. Oiltech can work from samples, housings, damaged parts, partial drawings or general arrangement information to create production drawings and new bearings.
- Why do thrust bearings fail repeatedly? Common causes include high oil film temperature, inadequate oil film thickness, excessive load, poor pad alignment, unsuitable pivot geometry, contamination, oil starvation and misalignment.
- How does bearing re-engineering improve reliability? Re-engineering can change pad geometry, pivot position, materials, oil feed, clearances and heat transfer to reduce temperature and increase oil film thickness.

## Product Ranges

- [Babbitt Bearing Product Ranges](https://oiltechbrg.com/babbitt-bearing-product-ranges/): Overview of standard bearing series offered
- [Journal Bearings](https://oiltechbrg.com/journal-bearings/): Plain, sleeve, and location journal bearing series (A, B, C)
- [J-Series Equalising Thrust Bearings](https://oiltechbrg.com/j-series-equalising-thrust-bearings/): Self-equalising tilting pad thrust bearings
- [M-Series Modular Thrust Bearings](https://oiltechbrg.com/m-series-modular-thrust-bearings/): Modular thrust bearing range
- [T-Series Tilt Pad Journal Bearings](https://oiltechbrg.com/t-series-tilt-pad-journal-bearings/): High-speed tilting-pad journal bearings
- [Whitemetal Alloys](https://oiltechbrg.com/whitemetal-alloys/): Tin-based and lead-based babbitt alloy specifications

## OEM Supply

- [OEM Bearing Supply](https://oiltechbrg.com/oem-bearing-supply/): Direct-replacement bearing supply for OEM equipment
- [OEM Supply - Germany and Europe](https://oiltechbrg.com/oem-bearing-supply-germany-europe/): Replacement bearings for German and European OEMs
- [OEM Supply - Japan](https://oiltechbrg.com/oem-bearing-supply-japan/): Replacement bearings for Japanese OEMs
- [OEM Supply - USA](https://oiltechbrg.com/oem-bearing-supply-usa/): Replacement bearings for US OEMs

## Industries

- [Industries Overview](https://oiltechbrg.com/industries/): All served industries
- [Oil and Gas](https://oiltechbrg.com/industries/oil-gas/): Bearings for upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas
- [Petrochemical](https://oiltechbrg.com/industries/petrochemical/): Bearings for petrochemical plant rotating equipment
- [Power Generation](https://oiltechbrg.com/industries/power-generation/): Steam turbine, gas turbine, and generator bearings
- [Marine and Offshore](https://oiltechbrg.com/industries/marine-offshore/): Propulsion, auxiliary, and offshore platform bearings
- [Mining and Heavy Industry](https://oiltechbrg.com/industries/mining-heavy-industry/): Bearings for mills, crushers, and heavy rotating plant
- [General Industry](https://oiltechbrg.com/industries/general-industry/): Bearings for pumps, compressors, gearboxes, and general rotating equipment

## Regions

- [Asia](https://oiltechbrg.com/regions/asia/): Service coverage across Asia
- [Middle East and Africa](https://oiltechbrg.com/regions/middle-east-africa/): Service coverage across MEA

## Case Studies

- [Turbine Wreckage to Certified Rebuild](https://oiltechbrg.com/case-studies/turbine-wreckage-to-certified-rebuild/): Full recovery and certified rebuild of severely damaged turbine bearings
- [LEG Journal Bearing](https://oiltechbrg.com/case-studies/leg-journal-bearing/): Leading-edge groove (LEG) journal bearing application and performance improvement
- [Howden Fan Bearing Upgrade](https://oiltechbrg.com/case-studies/howden-fan-bearing-upgrade/): Upgrade of industrial fan bearings for improved reliability
- [High-Speed Fan Thrust Bearing Upgrade](https://oiltechbrg.com/case-studies/high-speed-fan-thrust-bearing-upgrade/): FEA-led redesign of a repeatedly failing fan thrust bearing using spherical offset pivots and improved heat transfer

## Optional

- [Privacy Policy](https://oiltechbrg.com/privacy/): Privacy and data handling policy