Wikov recently delivered a planetary gearbox for the central drive of a ball mill at a cement plant in Alicante, Spain. The project was a drop-in replacement for an original gearbox. The goal was to keep all connecting dimensions while delivering a much more compact gearbox and to keep its original power output. The original weight of the central gear unit, including the base frame was 104.5t, whereas the Orbi-fleX? planetary gearbox installed by Wikov weighs 67t, a 36% reduction in mass. Such compactness positively influences the capital cost.
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