Today is a great day for SoCare® ,we got a message from Hornbeck Offshore Services who is a professional company on mantaining and refurbing offshore machines and equipments.

“Hornbeck Offshore Services is in the process of refurbing a HydraPro HPO240-21K (Serial #

08345) Knuckle Boom Crane that is installed on one of our vessels. During disassembly, They 

found the Slewing Bearing made by SoCare ® in 2008 which has been worked more than 15 years.”

Why SoCare® Slewing Bearing could serve for so long time on the crane? SoCare® often emphasize the importance of bearing maintenance to customers, and production process, quality control will affect the service time of bearing life directly , but professional installation and regular maintenance is also very important.The user did well on that.

And because of the characteristics of offshore application ,Because of the characteristics of the port application, the bearings must be well protected to resist the corrosion of seawater, we adopted the HMS surface treatment method, which can make the surface of the bearings have 20 years of corrosion resistance ability and the coating is not easy to slip.

Offshore application features:

High speeds, high loads and salty environment require strong and precise components. The SoCare® slewing Bearing is the perfect answer to the offshore industry. Our specific design satisfy the main manufacturers of onboard and harbour cranes, winches, davits and rubber tired gantry cranes as well as propellers. We propose innovative solutions of sealing and surface treatment to completely protect the bearings from the environment. 

SoCare® also attach great importance to the selection of materials, we often adopt high-quality alloy steel forgings with DNV Certification, and a comprehensive test to raw materials is essential,all test reports are archived.

SoCare® supplies slewing rings for a wide range of applications throughout the industry. Our design office will assist you to select the most effective solution price and capacity-wise. Our staff and agents worldwide will process your enquiries and provide full support to meet your customer’s requirements