1-815-874-8110Gearbox solutions for the Food Industry
Review the Case Study below to learn more about how we’ve applied our Gearbox Technology to the Food Industry
Case Study
Broken Gearbox Replacement
Customer: Local Food Manufacturer
Project Overview
A local leading manufacturer in the snack food industry needed help. During the manufacturing process of some of their products, a large dough ball is processed thru an auger into a die press to start the process. This auger is driven by a gearbox that directly couples to the auger. Due to the forces that the auger experiences during this process, a tremendous shock load is transmitted into the gearbox. The customer was experiencing constant gearbox failures in this application that greatly disrupted their production process. The original gearbox would last anywhere from a couple months to one year. Not only causing a considerable amount of down time, but with the inconsistency of the failures. It was challenging to implement a preventative maintenance program.
The gearbox components shown here were typical of the type of wear / damage seen that required each gearbox to be rebuilt.
Excessive heat is shown on the shaft, and the roller bearings are destroyed due to the axial load of the application.
Rj Link International Inc was contacted to see if a solution could be found. A new gearbox design needed to be able to handle the extensive shock loading, fit within the tight physical size limitations, and exceed sanitation/wash down requirements. The first prototype gearbox was installed Oct. 2022. Within two years, the only maintenance the gearbox has required is an oil change due to hours of operation. With the proven performance of the Rj Link gearbox, the customer is now changing all of their dough batching machines over to the Rj Link gearbox. The customer is extremely happy with how robust the gearbox is, and how much it has improved their machine up-time.
