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02 - September 2001
The fourth gear failure of a paper curred again on the old gear in the during the on-site visit. However, it was
machine! Teeth broken off, adjusting meantime despite the jointly determined not just the noises alone that worried
springs thrown out, shafts cracked, reinforcing measures that were carried Mr. Remmelle, but the number of defec-
wheel seats not holding up despite out, the responsible design engineer at tive parts. The adjusting springs of the
reinforcing measures. And a gear man- Flender Service, Mr. Schade, contacted bevel pinion drive shaft had been
ufacturer who is no longer on the his colleagues at the Condition Monitor- knocked out, the adjusting spring flute
market ... . the nightmare of any main- ing department, to request a customer had partially broken away, individual
tenance engineer! And also the great- visit. teeth were completely broken off, shaft
est risk to the company’s own survival. Figure 1 shows the gear that had seats had become loose, the axle-drive
Competent assistance is essential! After already become increasingly noisy again bevel wheel was knocked out of its
all, paper machines de-
mand an availability of
100 % wherever possible.
The fact that measure-
ments of sound conduct-
ed through solids are not
sufficient in this type of
situation is covered in the
following report.
But one thing at a time.
Mr. Remmelle, the engi-
neer responsible for main-
tenance in this paper fac-
tory got in touch with
Flender Service after the
second gear failure – with
a feeling of foreboding –
to request support and a
replacement gear for the
belt-driven intersecting
pulp cutter. A replace-
ment gear was designed
by Flender Service and
production began in
1 Herne. Since failures oc-
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