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Maintenance
of Pumps
Maintenance
of Electric
Motor
Maintenance
of Gearbox
Maintenance
of Compressor
Industrial gearboxes play an important role in processing and manufacturing facilities. For plant professionals, the ultimate goal is to maximize machinery output, reliability and efficiency. That’s why a gearbox failure can be a costly setback to overall plant operations. Proactive maintenance will minimize expensive downtime, enhance reliability and dramatically cut costs.
Common challenges related to
threaded fasteners in a gearbox
Apparent causes behind these challenges
Vibrations
Thermal fluctuations
Tough operating conditions
Root Cause
There are gaps between engaging threads, with only 15% metal to metal contact, while the rest of the 85% is air. This air gap allows
- Vibration to cause side-to-side motion leading to self-loosening
- Differential expansion and contraction of substrates due to service temperature changes
- Corrosive environment to attach the metal fasteners
loctite solution
Loctite 243
Medium strength threadlocker that fills all the gap between the engaging threads and solidifies to unitize them, thereby
Preventing self-loosening
Sealing against corrosion
Results
Correct clamp load is maintained
Easy and consistent
disassembly
Proper gearbox reliability ensured
