Posted under Falk Gearboxes, Machinery Maintenance on Monday, April 2nd, 2018
The demand for food products across the globe has skyrocketed since 2010 because of the fast rate in which the world’s population is growing. The World Bank estimates the planet’s population will increase by 80 million annually until 2025. The availability of new land, however, is growing at a much slower pace. As a result, […]
Posted under Project Spotlights, Uncategorized on Monday, March 30th, 2015
We received a Brevini gear reducer from Cascade Tissue in St. Helens, Oregon. It was in pieces and very rusty. We were tasked with the job of putting this jigsaw puzzle back together, and had no repair manual or bearing settings to reference during reassembly. Not only was the gear reducer back at the customer […]
Posted under Products/Services on Friday, March 21st, 2014
Inventory Spotlight: Gear Reducers Gear reducers make up a large portion of our inventory at Mar-Dustrial. Today we’d like to show you a few reducers that are ready to use and waiting to be delivered. Model 405A1 Falk ratio 4.40:1. Renewed in 2008 and ready to use. Model 2125Y1-L Falk ratio 4.95:1. Renewed in 2008 […]
Posted under Products/Services, Project Spotlights on Monday, February 24th, 2014
At Mar-Dustrial we stock thousands of parts as inventory. For years we’ve been working with vendors world-wide providing us with a comprehensive network of resources for our customers. Today we’d like to highlight a spare part we bought a couple of months ago from a cement plant. A gear reducer, model #485A3-CS. This reducer can […]
Posted under Machinery Maintenance, Project Spotlights on Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Mar-Dustrial specializes in making old gear reducers just like new. The gear reducer repair project below was no small feat, but we were up for the challenge. This was a gear reducer located at a paper mill in the Northwest section of Portland. The repair needed to be done for an annual shutdown at the […]
Posted under Machinery Maintenance, Project Spotlights on Monday, August 26th, 2013
The team at Mar-Dustrial recently revived a 12.5 GRF FALK Gearbox that had been stored outside since its last repair nine years ago. The methods used to prep the unit for storage were only good for one year indoors and six months outdoors, so after nine years outside you can imagine the condition this unit […]
Posted under Machinery Maintenance, Tips and Tricks on Thursday, December 20th, 2012
There are many different factors to consider when choosing the right size and type of gearbox for your application – from gear drive rating and speed variation to thermal capacity and drive ratio. Ignore any of these, and you could end up making costly gearbox repairs. One key element in selecting the correct drive, and […]
Posted under Products/Services, Tips and Tricks on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
As those in the agriculture industry are acutely aware, the worst U.S. drought in half a century is threatening to reduce this year’s corn supply – and the shortage is having a ripple effect on the economy. With corn prices already soaring, many domestic millers may be forced to suspend operations, which in turn could […]
Posted under Products/Services on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
In any mechanical power transmission product, gaskets are used to protect the areas where two different surfaces join together. Gaskets provide a seal between the mating surfaces, cushioning them from each other and preventing erosion and leakage, which could ultimately necessitate an early gearbox repair. Spiral wound gaskets are one of the most commonly used […]
Posted under Tips and Tricks on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
With any gear drive changes occur as the equipment is in use and under loads. These changes over a long period of operation are a barely noticeable. Gear drives might vibrate in an almost undetectable amount more than when they were new, they might make a slightly different pitch of a whine or they might […]
