DICRONITE Coating For Gear Box

Service Details:

• A major paper manufacturer was experiencing unacceptable wear and out-of-cycle maintenance issues with a gearbox. The issue was root-caused to critical temperatures in the gearbox during continuous operation. The manufacturer was seeking a solution to lower gearbox temperatures by >10% without installing external cooling equipment.

• Comparison testing of two gearboxes (Radicon and Cleveland) with and without DICRONITE® dry lubrication was conducted.

• Speed: 479 FPM (600 FPM max)
• Timeframe: 27 days of continuous running

• Operating temperatures were reduced by 16% (22°F) in the Radicon gearbox and 12% (18°F) in the Cleveland gearbox, exceeding the engineering requirement.??????