Gearbox is one form of application of the gears where the gear is arranged into several stages / levels to produce the desired output of rotation or power.
Gearbox function:
- Change speed
- Changing the size of the Torque
Advantages of gearbox:
- Transmitted power can be adjusted by ratio
- Movement is not easy to slip
- Can accurately transmit power
- Can operate at a very high speed
- itemSturdy
Lack of gearbox:
- The gearbox requires maintenance in the form of lubrication
- The gearbox requires careful alignment
- The gearbox may produce a noisy sound
Problem and Cause in Gearbox
Failure in the gearbox can be divided into 2 parts:
- Related to lubrication
- wrong lubrication selection
- contamination
- excessive heat
- lubricant condition
- Associated with lubrication
- improper design
- installation error
- operation error
- alignment error