George A. (Sandy) Thomson
Thordon Bearings creator George A. (Sandy) Thomson, a leader in the advancement of innovative polymer products, has actually existed with the 2019 Elmer A. Sperry Award in acknowledgment of “leading the innovation in water-lubricated propeller shaft bearings” in aquatic transport via using polymeric substances.
The Elmer A. Sperry honor is offered collectively by the American Institute of Aeronautics as well as Astronautics, the Institute of Electrical as well as Electronics Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects as well as Marine Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, as well as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The 2019 honor existed to Thomson at the SNAME Maritime Convention, in Tacoma, United States, by the Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science as well as Technology (IMarEST), Richard Vie, a veteran buddy as well as partner.
As Carnival Corporation’s previous Vice-President, Technical Development as well as Quality Assurance– Shipbuilding, Vie contributed in advertising using water-lubricated polymer shaft bearings in the cruise ship market, with the field’s very first application mounted aboard the Grand Princes s, in 1998.
“The Elmer A. Sperry Award for Advancing the Art of Transportation is one of the highest accolades given for an individual’s contribution to transportation engineering,” claimedVie ‘I am truly honored and privileged to hand this award over to a friend, a collaborator and a true pioneer.’
“There was growing concern for the marine environment when Sandy’s oil- and grease-free polymer bearings were first introduced the late 1970s,” kept in mindVie “Embracing this vision for cleaner seas led him to develop an environmentally safe, seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing. Sandy’s bearing solution not only protects the environment but it provides a robust and reliable system that is a match for, and indeed better, than any other solution.”
The globe’s very first Thordon water oiled prop shaft bearing was mounted on a Great Lakes yank had by McKeil Marine in Hamilton in the late 1970s. Since after that, Thordon bearings have actually been mounted or retrofitted to vessels running in every delivery field, consisting of cruiseships, guest ferryboats, containerships, vessels, mass providers, basic freight ships, marine vessels, workboats, riverboats as well as overseas assistance vessels.
