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700 Series Double Reduction SBK Gearbox

Rapid Response Delivery

Product

Service

P-8556-BG 3/18

A large vegetable grower and processor located in Northern California needed a double

reduction speed reducer to replace a failed unit on one of its pepper processing machines. The

equipment was critical to the plant’s operation, so downtime needed to be kept to a minimum.

The desperate customer quickly contacted his local Motion Industries branch for help. After

obtaining the specications of the worn gearbox, the Motion sales associate immediately called

Boston Gear based on a previous history of exceptionally fast delivery. Since the original reducer

was not a standard product, the Boston Gear engineering team quickly went to work to create

a drawing for a custom, 700 Series double reduction speed reducer with a 1500:1 ratio. The

customer then veried that the new gearbox design would t in their application based on

Boston’s specs and dimension drawing.

Boston Gear was initially alerted to the customer breakdown on a Tuesday evening with a target

shipping date of Friday, even though the standard lead time for a unit of this type and size is

ve days. Due to the delay associated with the design validation, the order was not received until

the end-of-day (EOD) Wednesday. Meeting the deadline was made more challenging since the

reducer required Boston Gear’s exclusive Stainless Bost-Kleen (SBK) coating that was developed

to withstand repeated high-pressure washdowns that utilize harsh chemicals. Boston’s

manufacturing team was committed to helping this customer and was able to complete the

necessary component machining, unit assembly and coating application in two days, allowing for

the shipment of the 275 lb. reducer by EOD Friday.

To help the customer even further, the Boston Gear team took the time to prell the oil so the

unit was ready-to-use upon receipt. It is a bit challenging to get the correct amount of oil in a

double reduction reducer since the oil needs to pass slowly from the prex to the secondary

housing. The difculty was enhanced due to the large size of the unit.

• Custom double reduction

reducer

• 1500:1 Gear ratio

• 2-Day shipment

• Exclusive Stainless

Bost-Kleen (SBK)

washdown coating

• Oil prelled prior to

shipment

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