GMT Rubber-Metal-Technic - Anti-Vibration and Shock Mountings, and Rubber-to-Metal Bonded Components

GMT Rubber-Metal-Technic (GMT) is a globally recognised market leader in the design, manufacture and supply of anti-vibration mountings and rubber-to-metal bonded components for the power generation industries.

With over 40 years' experience, GMT offers a comprehensive range of component and complete system solutions for the improvement of noise, shock and vibration in applications such as large offshore wind turbines, genset mounts, and special material compounds formulated for the nuclear industry.

Renewable energy anti-vibration products

GMT supplies products to most major manufacturers of small and large-scale wind turbines, offshore wind turbines, wave and tidal power generation installations, combined heat and power (CHP) and solar-powered equipment. Typical products include:

• Gearbox mountings, e.g. large half-shell bushes
• Generator mountings
• Main shaft bushes
• Control module mounts, e.g. buffers, triflex mounts and cone mounts
• High-deflection shock mounts, e.g. cable mounts

Vibration isolation products for industrial applications

Vibration isolation solutions are available for general industrial applications such as pumps, fans, grinders, compressors and engines. Typical products include triflex mounts, cone mounts, machine feet, buffers / bobbins, isolators, spherical bearings, H-mounts, control links, torque arms and interleaf springs.

High-deflection shock mounts

GMT offers a range of purpose-designed mountings capable of high deflections, which are ideal for reducing transmitted shock loads to sensitive equipment (e.g. cable mounts or wire rope mounts). The mountings are also particularly suitable for the attenuation of low-frequency applications.

Anti-vibration mounts for compressors and generators

GMT provides a range of anti-vibration mounts for the active isolation of vibration, which are suitable for numerous types of applications such as containers, cabins, compressors, generators, engines and pumps. Mounts are available with and without height adjustment. Internal overload limiters permit use on mobile applications.

Captive and failsafe purpose-designed products for the power industry

GMT offers a range of products that incorporate captive and failsafe designs, capable of withstanding overloads and still operating safely.

Often a purpose-designed solution is required and in such cases GMT can provide a full design service, utilising computer modelling techniques such as finite element analysis and multi-directional vibration analysis to meet our customers’ individual application requirements.

GMT products and processes are continually under review to ensure both compliance to environmental legislation and material optimisation from a customer and manufacturing perspective.

Natural and synthetic rubber compounds

A wide range of natural and synthetic rubber compounds have been developed to withstand extreme operating environments, providing improved levels of resistance to oils, surface abrasion wear, large temperature fluctuations, sunlight, salt and ozone. Flameproof rubbers are also available for specific applications.