James Walker Devol. Engineering polymers
Pioneers in Thermoplastic Technology

Markets & Industries

Devol supplies a vast range of markets and industries throughout the world. This section serves to highlight some of the applications we have identified in a variety of industries.

Industry - Offshore

Case Studies
- Valve Seats (PDF)

- CDE Riser Clamps (PDF)

- Pipe-In-Pipe Centralisers (PDF)

- Thermal Barrier (PDF)

Typical Applications
- pipelines/flowlines (pipe in pipe centralisers, flowline bundle spacers), offshore valve seats
- clamping systems (riser clamps, umbilical clamps, piggyback blocks)
- rig components (TTR centralisers, SJ/KJ guides, tubing hanger centralisers)
- customised components (tensioner pads, ROV components, spacer unit and guide element)

Industry - Rail

Case Studies
- Freight wagon kwik drop door pivots (PDF)

Typical Applications
- braking systems (tread and disc brake bushes, actuator bushes, calliper bushes, linkage bushes)
- bogies (centre pivot lines, anti roll bar bearings, spherical bearings, suspension damper wear pads and bushes, traction centre wear pads)
- wagon/coach mounted components (hopper liners, gangway fascia wear plates, wear liners, door system runners and bearings, coupler support gear wear pads, discharge door pivot bushes)

Industry - Construction

Case Studies
- Crane Bushes (PDF)

- Material Handling (PDF)

Typical Applications
- bushes and bearings (oscillating hitch bush, bucket pivot and linkage bushes, tipping link bushes, lift arm bushes, mast tilt bushes, stabiliser leg bushes, steering bushes, axle pivot bushes)
- pulleys and sheaves (truck mounted cranes, railroad cranes, forklift hose sheaves, vehicle winches, cable driven conveyors)
- wear pads and wear slides (telehandler booms, telescopic cranes, stabiliser legs, loaders and excavators, aerial work platforms)

Industry - General

Case Studies
- Washing barrel rotary coupling (PDF)
- Side shift (dive end) line shaft bearings (PDF)
- Injection moulded conveyor flights (PDF)

Typical Applications
- stair lift rollers, submarine drive components, submarine hydroplane bushes, diablo rollers for offshore spoolbase, davit and A-frame bushes and pulleys, sim card holders, cone and jaw crusher bearings, socket liners, inner/outer eccentrics, support rollers on asphalt barrels, drier gears on paper mills.

Industry - Mining and Quarrying

Case Studies
- Barrel support rollers (PDF)

Typical Applications
- road headers/shearers (neck bush, tilt bush, hydraulic cylinder bushes, conveyor tail and idler bushes, gathering arm bushes, crawler track roller bushes, seals, thrust washers, gearbox bushes)
- conveyors (trough rollers, bushes for impact sections, cable belt sheaves, guide shoes, flight bars, wear pads, scraper blades, drive and idler sprockets, star wheels)
- cone crushers (hinge pin and jaw pivot bushes, pitman wear liners, toggle seats, socket liners, outer and inner bushes, bottom step bearings, countershaft bushes, gears, wear slides, seals and bushes)
-support rollers