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IMPORTANT information for owners of industrial gearboxes

RoSPA Award for Allen Gears

PLANNED gearbox maintenance can help

prevent costly breakdowns
If you operate a system with a gearbox at its heart, you could be
risking a costly breakdown if it has not been regularly inspected and
maintained.
Listed below are some of the resulting causes of failure that can
affect your older gear units that may not become apparent until the
day the unit fails - usually with costly consequences.
CAUSE

EFFECT

Operating lives of rolling element Loss of auxiliary drive, damage to

bearings in auxiliary drives
auxiliary components and possible
reduced due to oil contamination secondary damage to main
transmission gearing

Non-Allen Gearbox
Service & Repair
Experience
Alcatel
BHS
David Brown
Flender Graffenstaden
GE
GEC
John Brown
Lufkin
Maag
PGC
Rademaker
Renk
Voith

High speed couplings become

blocked

Accelerated wear due to lack of

lubrication

Outer coupling system collects

contaminant between the
coupling teeth

Wear steps on gear teeth occur. If

wear becomes greater than
0.020 or tooth surface
deterioration results in loss of
more than 50%, replacement
components will be required.

Impurities gather inside planet

Sludge forms and prevents oil
spindles due to centrifugal forces from reaching white metal bearing
surfaces
Impurities which pass into the
planet wheel

Surface scoring of planet wheel

occurs and can cause breakdown
of the white metal resulting in unit
failure

Oil film breakdown due to water

contamination

Breakdown of oil film between

teeth of the running gear train
giving rise to overstressing

Corrosion fatigue due to pitting

condition

Possible corrosion attack and a

reduction in endurance limit

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Allen Gears experience has shown that failures due to solids in

suspension and sludge formation inside the unit exceeded by far the
failures due to corrosion-induced fatigue failure. Gear problems of the
types outlined above can be minimised by regular planned
maintenance where principally the objective is to clean the unit and
NDT the component parts.

Recommended maintenance procedures

Allen epicyclic gears - planned levels of maintenance
RECOMMENDED GEARBOX MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE

Noise & Vibration Survey

GEARBOX MAINTENANCE LEVEL

Survey taken with gearbox running under

normal operating conditions.

In-situ Remote Visual Inspection

(Borescope/Videoscope)
Remove Gearcase inspection covers
Inspect general appearance of components
and any signs of rust
Inspect gear teeth using Borescope/
Videoscope
Check auxiliary drives
Report.

Full Inspection

OUTAGE
INTERVAL
HRS (YRS )

NOISE &
VIBRATION
SURVEY

8,000 (1)

24,000 (3)

40,000 (5)

48,000 (6)
56,000 (7)

Remove spindle end covers, inspect spindle

72,000 (9)

bores, remove sludge deposits and clean

all components

MAIN
GEAR
INSPECTION

32,000 (4)

Remove gear internals from gearcase

Dismantle gear completely, clean and inspect

(BORESC OPE /
VIDEOSC OPE)

16,000 (2)

64,000 (8)

thoroughly

IN-SITU
INSPECTION

Talking to Allen Gears Services

is all you need to do

Check all oilways are clear

Remove centrifuged sludge from high speed

Repair & Overhaul

coupling sleeve, sunwheel and sunwheel

Component Supply & Spares

coupling flange

Upgrades & Reverse Engineering

Site Work and Scheduled Inspection

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Dismantle trunnion mounts, check, clean and

Troubleshooting & Failure Analysis

lubricate
Check auxiliary drives
Check Helicoil inserts and renew all locking
plates and
tab washers
Check high and low speed alignments
Report.
These recommendations are based on
continuous running for units with auxiliary drives.
For low-use plant the time period between
examinations may be increased, but not more than
50%, even though nominated running hours may not
have been completed

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