Gearboxes are used on various types of industrial machinery to provide increased torque while reducing speed from one type of rotating power source to another using gear ratios. A gearbox can be set up to do the opposite and provide an increase in speed with a reduction of torque. Some of the simplest gearboxes merely change the physical direction in which power is transmitted.
Gearboxes are used in many applications, such as wind turbines, conveyors, draglines, bridges, wastewater treatment pumping systems, and many other large pieces of machinery that require a power source.
In an effort to cut costs and improve system reliability, a manufacturer of high quality construction materials examined maintenance costs of their fifteen facilities. One of the findings showed spending in excess of $650,000 annually to maintain and repair 500 gearboxes across all plants.
DuPont is in the final stages of opening a new Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer parts manufacturing facility at their Tralee Park Annex site, located at 322 Ruthar Drive, Newark, DE 19711.
Included in the processes and capabilities at their new facility will be the manufacture, finishing, inspection, packaging, and shipping of Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer parts. DuPont intends to begin shipping parts processed at the new facility starting in August 2023.
The quality management system (QMS) for the Tralee Park location (5
Created more than 40 years ago, Gore Joint Sealant was the first form-in-place gasket. It was and still is a great sealing solution for steel flanges with large diameters, irregular shapes, or rough/pitted surfaces. It forms a thin yet strong seal when compressed and works in applications where bolt loads are low.
With a reliable, easy install and being a cost-effective sealing method, it's become standard seal for MRO applications all over the world. Installing it is very easy, too: Simply peel off the adhesive backing, apply it to the
Gallagher Fluid Seals’ customer created the world’s first and most advanced 3D metal printing process that transcends the ability of traditional manufacturing. Their proprietary and patented printing technology welds metal powder layers to an area 10x faster than competitors.
Our customer was having issues with material waste on their
metal 3D printing machine due to insufficient sealing. As designed, the system would allow metal alloy debris to gather on the cylinder rod, rendering the material unusable. Due to time restraints, the new
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies can now validate the superior performance capabilities of the intelligent seals it has under development. In addition to their core function, these seals can handle tasks such as sensor applications and monitoring their own state of wear. As a result, they enhance the reliability of machines and systems they help power by providing data about their state of performance and safety. That in turn helps eliminate mechanical failures and unanticipated downtime. A new feasibility study, conducted by Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, has verified the benefits of these sealing functions.
The filling line at Dow AgroSciences plant in Drusenheim, France - a global leader in pest management and biotechnology products - processes aggressive solvents, surfactants and concentrated herbicides at temperatures ranging from 10 to 45 °C, and pressures from 1.5 to 3.5 bars Eff. Filling machine valves on the line were fitted with dynamic PTFE O-rings, while the machine hoses were equipped with static O-rings, also of PTFE.
Each time the mechanical maintenance team performed a clean-in-place procedure at 80 °C, or made a product change on the filler, the PTFE seals became mechanically damaged. This meant they had to change the PTFE O-rings on a daily basis, since seal lifetime never extended beyond 24 hours before replacement.
In a different application at the same plant, seals of FEP/FKM, fitted to the piston rod of a Type SRC Alfa Laval valve, failed regularly after only