Gearboxes
Gearboxes
Gearboxes drive many of the critical processes across your facility. If properly installed and serviced they typically operate many years before issues arise or failures occur. If gearboxes are chewing up your budget and downtime is impacting production you’re going to want to engage the team at Kiemle-Hankins! Our expertise in evaluating and repairing rotating systems, that’s right systems… the drive motor, gearbox, and driven equipment, can lead you to the true root cause of premature gearbox failures. We specialize in delivering customized reports designed to provide you with the information you need and want about your gearbox and the repair process. As a company we are in our tenth decade of servicing rotating apparatus, so our local technicians understand more than just your gearbox… they understand your plant, your processes, and your critical equipment. At Kiemle-Hankins, we believe fully understanding your gearbox application, sharing the results of our expertise, and attention to details provides our customers the lowest lifecycle costs in the industry.
On-Site
When we receive your call we will gather a few key pieces of information about your gearbox, establish your urgency, then dispatch technicians to troubleshoot and evaluate the condition of your gearbox system. Kiemle-Hankins offers true 24x7x365 emergency service for customer operations that won’t allow downtime. Once on-site we will perform an initial inspection, and if the system is running we’ll use state of the art equipment to analyze vibration, imbalance, misalignment and thermal characteristics. We’ll also perform a visual inspection of each gear in the gear set whenever possible. We’ll discuss resources such as spare gear sets and make a recommendation to your maintenance staff on how to best move forward.
Facilities
With lifting capacity to 70,000 pounds, precision balancing to 25,000 pounds, run testing and load testing, Kiemle-Hankins is equipped to provide world class service on your largest gearboxes. Unless your needs dictate otherwise, gearboxes and gear sets that are sent to a Kiemle-Hankins facility for service will undergo our in-depth inspection process. This inspection will document every detail to ensure your repaired gearbox meets or exceeds OEM specifications. Each gear, pinion, and shaft will be deep cleaned, visually inspected and photographed to record any wear and damage. Run outs and precision measurements of all critical fits and gear positions will be recorded. A thorough magnetic particle inspection of each gear tooth and shaft surface will be made. We conduct hardness testing to ensure your gearset meets AGMA recommended service factor requirements based upon your application. You are always welcome to come and visit our facilities to see your equipment go through the repair process at any time!
Solutions
We understand what customer service means, so we go beyond the cookie cutter repair approach. Parts availability an issue? Can’t afford extended downtime? We’ll explore options like re-cutting your existing gear set to get you up and running fast. No OEM parts or prints available? We can reverse engineer one gear all the way up to a complete new gear set. Has your application changed and become more demanding? We can offer re-engineered gear sets and the most up to date gear tooth profiles to increase efficiency and throughput. We’ll work with you so that you understand the best options available and keep you informed every step through the repair process.