This presentation will address today’s global economic climate that creates tremendous pressure for facility owners and managers to decrease operating costs and increase company profits while remaining competitive. Added to the challenge is the struggle to achieve this goal without significant capital investment.
A world-class oil analysis program starts with good practices and procedures to extract the most representative oil sample. The resulting data from a representative oil sample will hold useful information on the health of the equipment. That information will give teams the information needed to maximize reliability, reduce unplanned downtime and eliminate catastrophic failures.
Condition based maintenance is an important strategy used to achieve the quality and capacity that is required in manufacturing today. To achieve these goals, vibration analysis is helpful for determining rotating equipment condition and performance. Collecting correct and usable vibration data is critical to the success of any vibration analysis program. Unfortunately, there are challenges that must be overcome in order to provide this data that were not necessarily issues in the past.
This webinar will give a brief introduction to planetary gearboxes. Focus will be held on calculations for a simple planetary gearbox stage regarding RPM, GMF, ratios etc. An example with a multistage planetary gearbox will also be explored.