Kemel Stern Tube Seals

Your Ultimate Guide to Marine Engine’s Lubricating Systems

Blog | December 17th, 2021

Heavy-duty shaft bearings are durable and dependable mechanisms. Unfortunately, even a high-performing piece of equipment won’t last long if it’s starved of its lubricating agent. Kemel shaft bearings deal with that shortcoming by using a familiar engineering approach. Basically, instead of hitting the problem head-on, the Kemel solution adopts a divide and conquer strategy. Split […]

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The Importance of Oil-Lubricated Stern Tube Bearing in Marine Machineries

Blog | October 14th, 2021

A stern tube is the watertight tube enclosing and supporting the propeller shaft. It comprises a cast-iron or projected steel cylinder fitted with a bearing surface within which the propeller shaft, encased in a sleeve, pivots. The stern tube is installed from toward the back and dashed to the stern casing chief. It very well […]

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Sustainable Marine Vessel Practices: Why Choose KEMEL Stern Tube Seals from Japan Marine Engineering

Blog | March 26th, 2021

Our oceans have so much traffic on them today with fishing vessels, oil tankers, cruise ships and other types of vessels traversing from destination to another. In fact, there is such a high amount of traffic that it is becoming more difficult to keep the water from being polluted, especially if the vessels are not […]

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Common Causes of Failures in Stern Tubes

Blog | July 31st, 2020

The utilisation of low-submersion propellers on certain vessels with low-speed fixed-pitch installations isn’t new. All things considered, increasing incidences of stern tube harm brought about by incomplete propeller submersion may recommend that operational contemplations should be better tended to. Such propellers are utilized on a various scope of vessels, for example, mass transporters, container vessels […]

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KEMEL Stern Tube Seals: What Makes Them Environmentally Friendly?

Blog | February 21st, 2020

Our oceans have so much traffic on them today with fishing vessels, oil tankers, cruise ships and other types of vessels traversing from destination to another. In fact, there is such a high amount of traffic that it is becoming more difficult to keep the water from being polluted, especially if the vessels are not […]

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