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News Release from: Baldor UK | Subject: 900 Series SS gearboxes
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2004
SS gearboxes are easy to clean, resist
chemicals
Super-smooth stainless-steel gearboxes provide advanced clean-in-place solution for food/biopharm machinery and are easy to sanitize, and can be exposed to harsh chemicals.
Baldor has launched a range of all-stainless-steel gearboxes for electric motors, providing machine builders with optimal speed-reducing solutions for clean-area automation such as conveyors The worm-style gearboxes set a new performance standard for food, pharmaceutical and chemical machinery applications through advanced features that include complete sealing, very smooth 316-grade steel exterior surfaces, and a hollow shaft for direct connection to the load
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Baldor 900 Series of gearboxes provides a single reduction with a choice of 8 ratios from 60 to 5 - providing a 29 to 350 rev/min output from a standard 1750RPM motor for example.
A C-face quill-style input is provided for connection to the motor.
Three sizes are available, spanning centre distances from 1.75 to 2.62inches/4.45 to 6.66cm, supporting continuous duty output torques from 160 to 1074in-lb/18-121Nm depending on the model variant selected from a range of over 50.
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For maximum reliability and ease of use, the gearboxes include an internal compression chamber and expansion bladder.
These features eliminate the need for a breather vent, which can provide a route for contaminants such as water - a major cause of failure in pressure-washdown processing environments.
Additionally, the gearboxes are constructed using all stainless steel materials, with high-grade 316 material used for the exterior casing.
This provides a very high resistance to corrosion, for compatibility with caustic cleaning agents, and even the ability to be used in harsh chemical processing environments.
The casing is cast using a special mould to create a standard surface finish of typically 6.3Ra.
This smoothness can be enhanced even further with Baldor's optional electro-polishing service.
The protection delivered by these features provides a much more robust and versatile solution than conventional gearboxes made with cast iron or aluminium - which are prone to pitting corrosion and other damage from cleaning solutions.
Another factor in optimising the gearboxes' suitability for washdown environments is the provision of hollow-bore shafts.
These facilitate direct connection to loads, eliminating the cost and space required for a coupling mechanism, and with it any need for washdown guarding.
Solid shafts are also available.
Baldor offers a range of compatible stainless steel motors to complement the 900 Series gearboxes. Request a free brochure from Baldor UK ...
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