Aalborg Portland A/S, Denmark - Gear Unit Retrofit to reduce maintenance costs
Cement, Denmark
Aalborg Portland A/S, Denmark - Gear Unit Retrofit to reduce maintenance costs
Minerals
Aalborg Portland A/S
Due to the conveyor shutdown, the customer needed a replacement gear unit as soon as possible in order to shorten the equipment standstill. The conveyor is used for ships unloading that is involved in the process of transporting raw material to the cement plant.
Aalborg Portland is the world's largest producer and
exporter of white cement with production units in Denmark, China, Egypt,
Malaysia and the USA. Aalborg Portland produces more than 1.5 million tonnes of
white cement and has sales and distribution offices in a number of countries
around the world.
Retrofit: Mature REDUREX replaced with state of the art FZG gear unit
FZG gear unit with special output shaft fitting with the working machine
A specially designed motor connection
A proper FZG replacement gear unit was selected by using a new Gear Unit Retrofit Configurator Tool based on the parameters of the mature REDUREX
Production and delivery of the replacement FZG gear unit within 9 working days after equipment standstill was reported (Delivery time for one-to-one replacement REDUREX gear unit would be 6 months)
Mature REDUREX gear unit was replaced by state of the art FZG gear unit
Reduced maintenance costs thanks to improved availability of state of the art spare parts
Equipment availability on state of the art technology
