Pinion Gear Maintenance

The Critical Importance Of Pinion Maintenance

Pinion maintenance can be one area of the mill’s drive train that is often neglected by the maintenance department. It’s not intentional of course… it’s just often overlooked. This causes unexpected – and unnecessary – mill down time because of failure, excessive wear or a combination of both factors. In many cases critical spare parts such as pinions are not held in store which means that mills face the possibility of having to wait until the necessary replacement units are available… sometimes up to 20 weeks! Can you afford to have your mill silent for 20 weeks?

Prevention Reduces Down Time

You have no doubt heard the old saying that ‘prevention is better than a cure.' Well, the same can be said for maintenance practices for the open gear drive of any mill. Fixed Plant Maintenance Solutions (FPMS) has the capabilities to carry out routine inspections and recommend Preventative Maintenance (PM) schedules, as well as recommending appropriate lubricants, installations and misalignment adjustments. Acting on these recommendations will ensure greater reliability from your equipment – which in turn means greatly reduced down times.

FPMS comprehensive inspection programs and preventative maintenance schedules can be implemented to suit your site’s individual – and usually unique – requirements.

Trusted Recommendations

In addition to this, FPMS is solely independent of any of the large gearing manufacturers. This means that FPMS can provide you with an unbiased opinion or recommendation of suppliers for replacement equipment or supply of new equipment.

Don’t delay any longer… contact FPMS to discover how to ensure your pinion gear maintenance schedule is effective. Email brent.dangerfield@fixedplantms.com.au.