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Boston Gear 700 Series Double Reduction SBK Gearbox for Rapid Response Delivery
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 specifications 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 verified that the new gearbox design would fit 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
five 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 prefill 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 prefix to the secondary
housing. The difficulty was enhanced due to the large size of the unit.
Highlights
- Custom double reduction
reducer
- 1500:1 Gear ratio
- 2-Day shipment
- Exclusive Stainless
Bost-Kleen (SBK)
washdown coating
- Oil prefilled prior to
shipment