TLC: Caring For Your Industrial Gearbox

In order to ensure the long life of your equipment and avoid costly downtime, proper gearbox maintenance is essential. They are an integral part of many industrial systems and machinery of all types. Overlooking maintenance can result in gearbox failure, which can have a ripple effect on the overall performance of the machinery it's connected to. To keep your operation running smoothly, it’s important to understand the importance of gearbox repair and maintenance. Knowing about the importance of maintenance can help improve gearbox reliability, efficiency, and most importantly, saving the company money in the long term.

Common Issues

To better understand maintenance practices, it’s important to know what the common issues are that you may face in your operations.  Knowing about these problems ahead of time can help prevent something worse happening down the line like gearbox failure or long downtimes for your operations.

• One of the leading causes of failure is inadequate lubrication for gears.
• Vibration or hearing unusual noise from your gearbox can indicate that there’s an internal problem.
• Misalignment and overloading can stress, wear, and damage your gears over time.