What Your Operation Is Up Against
Unplanned Downtime
- Whether it’s due to bearing failures, gear tooth wear, lubrication breakdown, shaft misalignment and seal failures, every minute of downtime on a paper machine and supporting systems is expensive.
- Lost production worth thousands to tens of thousands of dollars per hour, missed customer deliveries, emergency maintenance labor, expedited replacement parts can add up to substantial revenue drain.
- Paper mills run 24/7 with very high loads and minimal shutdown opportunities. Many gearboxes are meant to operate continuously for years. When these units don’t perform as intended, reliability and sustainable revenue production is at risk.
Harsh Operating Conditions
- Pulp & Paper mills are one of the toughest industrial environments for mechanical power transmission equipment. From water spray and high humidity, chemicals, paper dust, wood fibers, and temperature swings, this industry is one of the most demanding.
- Maintenance teams spend significant time, energy, and revenue to maintain these critical gearing assets.
- Gearing is not the only area maintenance has to focus on. Expertise and resources are often stretched. Especially, with limited planned shutdown windows
Maintenance Costs & Long Lead Times
- Many mills still have reducers that are decades old, and are of multiple OEM brands. OEM replacement gearboxes can have lead times of 20–50+ weeks. Finding replacement parts, or quality rebuild options is time consuming and expensive.
- The need to stock costly spare reducers is further exasperated when it’s learned that what is on hand, or needs to be replaced, is obsolete, or is now a custom product. As technology advances, many tried and true gearing assets have been replaced by newer technology that no longer “drop in”.
- The efforts to locate and procure critical, now obsolete spares, cost time, potential equipment and production down time, and revenue drain.
How We Serve the Wood Industry
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Material Handling
Crusher / Sizer
Drive solutions for heavy-duty crushing and sizing applications.
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Ball Mill
Gearbox and motor solutions for grinding and milling operations.
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Feeder Breaker
Drive solutions for controlled material feeding and breaking.
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Belt Conveyor
Drive solutions for moving bulk materials through processing and handling systems.
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Bucket Elevator
Drive solutions for vertical movement of bulk materials in demanding processing environments.
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Drag Conveyor
Drive solutions for moving bulk material through enclosed conveying systems.
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Screw Conveyor
Drive solutions for controlled movement of bulk materials through screw conveying systems.
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Other Applications
Sumitomo Drive Technologies also supports related equipment across material handling, grinding, conveying, and processing systems.
- Cooling System
- Roll Crusher
- Rotary Kiln
- Stacker / Reclaimer
Crusher / Sizer
Ball Mill
Ball mill applications support grinding and milling operations that require reliable torque, steady performance, and durable drive components.
Feeder Breaker
Feeder breaker applications help control material flow while breaking down bulk material before it moves to the next stage.
Belt Conveyor
Belt conveyor applications move bulk materials through production, crushing, and handling areas with consistent drive performance.
Bucket Elevator
Bucket elevator applications move bulk materials vertically and require drive products that can support load, start-up torque, and uptime.
Drag Conveyor
Drag conveyor applications move bulk materials through enclosed systems and require dependable drive performance.
Screw Conveyor
Screw conveyor applications require reliable torque and controlled operation for moving bulk materials through processing systems.
Paramax®
Paramax® reducers are used for heavy-duty applications that need high torque, durability, and reliable performance in demanding environments.
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Hansen P4
Hansen P4 gear units are built for large industrial applications that need strong performance, reliability, and flexible mounting options.
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Pulp Handling
Paper Machine
Pulp & Paper Industry Solutions in Action
Every application has its own challenges, and choosing the right solution requires confidence in both the product and the team behind it. Our customer stories show how we work through real requirements, real environments, and real operating demands to deliver solutions built for the job.
Cyclo Drives the Veneer and Plywood Industry
This manufactures automated process controls, utilizing the latest in machine vision technology for the veneer and plywood industry. Their most recent product, an automated veneer plugging system, uses a scanning process to detect defects in sheets of veneer and robots to replace or plug the damaged items.
Their new automated system is quite demanding for conveyors that feed the veneer sheets to the robots. For this application, they required reducers capable of handling high-speed start and stop rates at an extremely high cycle rate. End the end, they selected a Sumitomo Cyclo® 6000 as the speed reducer to operate their conveyor.
The BBB Solution for the Forestry Industry
A wood chipping and mulch processing plant wanted to simplify and improve the mechanical drive system of their infeed chain conveyor. The old drivetrain consisted of a belt driven motor to an inefficient helical shaft mounted gearbox. Tree stumps, branches and brush can cause uneven loading which in turn can cause belts to slip and chains to stretch or even skip teeth. The constant maintenance of these components reduced production due to downtime. The Sumitomo Bevel Buddybox 4 was the solution that they needed.
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