Often downtime is blamed on poor maintenance or lack of maintenance. Undoubtedly proper maintenance is important in keeping conveyors in uptime and not downtime. However, there are several operators with exceptional maintenance that struggle with downtime. A contributing and often overlooked cause of downtime is the conveyor’s gear reducer selection. A mechanical failure is not always a result of poor maintenance, but rather a lack of knowledge of the components that make up the conveyor. In this session you will learn how to select a gear reducer, the difference between class of service and service class, common application errors, best practices in maintaining gear reducers and safety practices.
Speaker of this session was Brad Droegmiller.
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