Tarmac averts downtime
January 1st 2009 Brammer has come to the rescue
of a manufacturer of asphalt after
a failing gearbox threatened to
halt production.
It received an urgent call from
the customer reporting a
production-critical motor
gearbox which was operating
noisily. Tarmac was concerned
that it would fail completely.
Having established the unit type,
Brammer discovered that normal
delivery time for the product was
four weeks, with even an urgent
request taking two weeks.
Brammer began to seek alternative motor
gearboxes but the choice was initially limited
by the unit's 48mm output bore. Brammer
technical specialist,Mitchel Chambers,
suggested the use of a coupling with taper
bores, one at 48mm to fit the existing shaft
and the other to fit a new Flender Inline
Helical gearbox.
The unit was built and delivered to
Belvedere that evening for Tarmac's team to
install for the following day's production.
Both gearbox and motor are standard parts
available from Brammer, so future
replacements can be sourced within hours.
The new motor is EFF1, creating an energy
saving over the previous EFF2 unit.
Steve Wallis, regional manager for Tarmac,
says: "The failing gearbox would have
completely halted production at Belvedere,
leaving us unable to meet orders and costing
us a substantial sum in terms of downtime." More articles from Brammer UK Ltd: | 
