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Flender Service Excels for Rugby Cement

Another manufacturer’s gearbox failure on a drag chain conveyor at Rugby Cement’s South Ferriby works gave Flender the opportunity to prove just how effective its fast-track service really is.

As Stuart Blackburn, Mechanical Maintenance Team Leader, commented: “The failure was identified five weeks before we removed the unit, but we discovered more damage upon removal and then were up against the clock, with only two and a half weeks’ lead time during the shutdown. Flender not only delivered their unit within two weeks, but it was also a superior design.”

Benefits of the new Flender FZG B45H12 gear unit included:

• A torque rating of 75,000Nm
• A single unit combining gearbox and motor flanged on, replacing the previously separate motor driving the main box
• More efficient design, absorbing two previously separate gear ratios
• Quieter, more flexible operation
• Longer service intervals
• Flender’s fast track service system – the whole unit was constructed, configured and delivered within 14 days

The bedplate was modified for the new unit and everything was up and running a couple of days after the delivery to site.

Flender is able to provide continuous monitoring to ensure all plant shutdowns are planned for routine replacement and servicing. Ask for details by contacting Flender on +44 (0)1274 657700, or by e-mailing nick.garthwaite@siemens.com

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For further media information please contact Bridget Summers, Footprint, PO Box 4, Colton, Leeds LS15 8WX, UK. Tel: 0113 251 5697. Fax: 0113 251 5351. E-mail: bridget@fim.org.uk