gumeta - Rubber Shaft Bearings, Rubber Mouldings and Rubber-Metal Parts

Gumeta (Gummi-Metall-Werk H. Maes GmbH) is the German manufacturer of water-lubricated rubber shaft bearings for the reliable bedding of propeller shafts in compartment boats, freighters, tankers and passenger ships. gumeta rubber shaft bearings are available in all desired sizes from 20mm to 800mm diameter.

gumeta has been manufacturing rubber-metal connections and rubber mouldings for over 40 years. Our strengths lie in our wide range of products, short delivery periods and superior quality.

Our water-lubricated gumeta rubber shaft bearings form an integral part of the rubber-metal connections. The rubber shaft bearing is to be found wherever shafts run in water or in other liquids.

The principle areas of application of our products are in the shipbuilding industry and construction of pumps. gumeta bearings are in operation all over the world. Dockyards, shipping companies, pleasure boat companies, barges, the river and harbour police and the Navy arrange their shafts with gumeta rubber shaft bearings.

ENDURANCE AND PRECISION

gumeta is synonymous with safety, reliability and quality – particularly with regard to heavy-duty applications. gumeta bearings can be delivered completely ready for installation and customised to meet any requirements. The bearing shells are available in bronze, steel, stainless steel and other materials.

QUALITY DOWN TO THE LAST DETAIL

Our products are manufactured almost exclusively to specification from drawings – completely ready for installation. We have been supplying well-known manufacturers of pumps for decades. In addition, other areas of application include purification plants, turbines, suction-cutter dredgers, agitating machines, gravel screening, etc.

VARIETY – CUSTOM-MADE

Our production is flexible enough to cater for small-lot fabrication and mass production. We have press machines with plate sizes ranging from 400mm x 400mm to 1,500mm x 1,500mm. As we also produce the rubber compounds ourselves, we are able to meet all our customers’ special requirements. Since our turnery is equipped with both conventional and CNC lathes and we construct our own tools, we are able to offer our customers exact, diverse and flexible solutions.

WATER LUBRICATED RUBBER SHAFT BEARINGS

gumeta rubber shaft bearings offer you the following decisive advantages:

• Long serviceable life
• Available on short notice (quick delivery for normal requirements, speedier delivery for repairs and damage at sea)
• Can be adapted to all installation conditions
• Manufactured complete with bushings made of bronze, steel, stainless steel, plastics and other materials
• Fabricated ready for installation

gumeta rubber shaft bearings are manufactured for shafts of any diameter and length, custom-made to fit your propeller shaft, measurements in inches or diameters.

gumeta also offer rubber shaft bearings which are vulcanized into already-present, new support bushings. Our speciality is cost-effective new rubber coating of ‘old’ bearings, at short notice.

gumeta rubber shaft bearings are economical by virtue of their long life, low degree of frictional loss, low degree of wear on shafts and protective sleeves low installation costs due to short dockyard times.

Rubber shaft bearings are also environmentally-friendly, as oil and grease lubricants no longer pollute shipping channels and noise and vibration pollution are kept to a minimum.

gumeta rubber shaft bearings are produced to the highest quality standards, as documented by certifications issued by the major classification societies such as Bureau Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Ghost urss and others.