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News Release from: Renold Gears | Subject: Service and Repair Department, gears, transmission
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 April 2003
Gears and transmissions repaired and
serviced
Gear and transmission manufacturer has developed a comprehensive Service and Repair Department - on a round-the-clock call out - to provide a rapid response to customer requirements.
In keeping with its reputation as a world-class manufacturer of precision gears, Renold Gears, a division of Renold Power Transmission, has developed a comprehensive Service and Repair Department to meet the requirements of industry worldwide Based at the Renold Gear Works at Milnrow, Lancashire, England, the department operates a round-the-clock call out to provide a rapid response to customer requirements
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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A specialist OEM of fixed speed reducers, motorised units and variable speed drives, Renold_s expertise is reflected in the quality and in-depth repair facilities available to customers.
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Complementing its factory-based repairs, Renold can provide a range of on-site and support services, which can include: on-site maintenance and in-situ repairs; plant surveys for planned maintenance; and technical design expertise for all application and design requirements.
Renold's expertise was recently called upon when a major automotive manufacturer experienced persistent stoppages to one of its main conveyor lines, due to repeated failure of a non-Renold gearbox drive and layshaft assembly.
Renold engineers using laser alignment equipment found that two pairs of opposing, rigidly mounted gear couplings, connected by common layshafts, wer e out of alignment.
Thus the gear couplings and the layshafts were permanently under stress.
A complication was that the conveyor fixtures that located the gear couplings were an integral part of the building structure and could not be re-sited.
The solution was to install two Renold GF1-SA internal gear couplings (which incorporate a misalignment capability) per side to replace the rigidly mounted couplings, and new layshafts manufactured from a more resilient EN 24B material.
Conveyor stoppages due to drive coupling failure have not occurred since the modification.
Renold Gears Sales Director, Roger Godson, comments: "Renold Gears has over 100 years' accumulative experience in the manufacture of precision gears and is one of the very few British-based gear manufacturing companies still in existence.
Using reverse engineering techniques we have the capability to repair any gear assembly - irrespective of size, configuration or origin, and we have a comprehensive OEM service and repair programme for Renold, Holroyd, Croft and Carter products.
Our experience and unrivalled expertise mean that we can provide a level of service, either in-house or on-site, second to none.".
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