Founded in 1961, TRI Transmission and Bearing Corp. combines analytical engineering with manufacturing to solve vibration and bearing-damage problems in rotating machinery. The Exton-based company is particularly known for Babbitt journal bearings—including its Align-A-Pad® design—and high-powered variable-speed fluid drives for electrical-generation equipment, backed by proprietary rotor and bearing modeling developed since the early 1970s. TRI also operates a 25,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for large industrial machining and bearing repair.
Babbittech, IncFor 25 years, Babbittech, Inc. has been an Ivyland, Pennsylvania shop serving the power-generation industry with specialized babbitt-bearing work. Its technicians handle bearing repair and custom manufacturing, backed by a dedicated 2,500-square-foot babbitting facility with a five-ton crane and a separate 5,000-square-foot machining facility. The company also maintains an emergency repair process designed to return bearings within 24 to 72 hours when outages demand it.WARMINSTER, PA
Babbitt Bearings, IncBabbitt Bearings, Inc. is a family-owned precision manufacturer of engineered bearings, seals, split parts, and other machined products. It specializes in babbitted products and serves the high-speed rotating equipment market, including new production and urgent repair work.SYRACUSE, NY
Scheerer Bearing CorporationSince 1963, family-owned Scheerer Bearing Corporation has engineered and manufactured industrial ball and roller bearings from its facilities outside Philadelphia. The Rymar family still owns the company, now in its third generation, which is known for large-bore custom bearings up to 120 inches in diameter and for reconditioning bearings from virtually any manufacturer for severe industrial service. Its engineers work directly with OEMs on specialized designs for equipment ranging from steel mills and mining machinery to wind turbines.HORSHAM, PA
Liston ManufacturingSince its founding as a Buffalo-area machine shop in 1954, family-run Liston Manufacturing has specialized in solid and split Babbitt-lined bearings for OEMs and end users. Now operating in a former Wurlitzer building in North Tonawanda, the second and third generations of the LaDuca and Pyrak families make journal and thrust bearings for high-speed compressors while handling short-run, build-to-print machining. Liston also supports prototypes, bearing assembly and inspection, and quick-turn one-off work.NORTH TONAWANDA, NY