Bedford Pumps selects Thordon Bearingsâ technology 1 March 2021 Bedford Pumps has fitted with Thordon's SXL bearings to its new axial flow pump. Bedford Pumps Ltd, manufacturers of high-capacity flood defence pumps, has selected Thordon Bearings’ water lubricated SXL bearings for a new pump design developed for the Islington Pumping Station, in King’s Lynn, Norfolk in the UK. The project will see four fish-friendly land drainage and flood control pumps installed at the new 16,000 l/s (253,605 US gal/min) capacity pumping station which, when commiss...