|
|
| Hydraulic pulling power extracts gears painlessly | |||||||||
Gear manufacturing and machining specialists, Falk Australia, uses a 100-ton capacity hydraulic puller when servicing industrial gearboxes and associated heavy equipment. | |||||||||
|
Falk’s facility at Broadmeadow, Newcastle is part of the largest manufacturing and machining facilities in the southern hemisphere specializing in the supply of high quality precision gears used by industries ranging from heavy manufacturing to the mining, energy, materials handling, transport and processing sectors. Falk is a one-stop-shop for complete mechanical power transmission drive packages including couplings, gear reducers and ring gears. A respected international organization such as Falk works to the same world standards of safety and efficiency as its clients. They are employing the power and precision of highpressure (700bar) hydraulics to help ensure gears, shafts and drive fittings are extracted with the minimum of damage and fuss and with the greatest possible safety and efficiency. The roller cart mounted PH102T features a hydraulically actuated power lift that extends the puller from ground height to 1.7 metres without the need for physical labor to position it. The twin jaws (triple jaw models are also available) spread from 190- 1778mm before locking their adjustable tips around the workpiece. Offering a maximum reach of 1219mm and a stroke of 260mm, the puller can also incorporate multiple pushing adaptors where this is required for operations such as shaft extraction. For further operator convenience and work efficiency, the PH102T features an electric two-stage hydraulic pump with remote jog switch for fingertip control of the removal process extending over a puller height range of 673-1690mm. The two-stage pump allows its operator to quickly position the pulling or pushing tools close to the workpiece, before using the second, power, stage to commence work in earnest. "We service huge gearboxes here, with motors up to 1500KW and more. We have to achieve timely turnaround for vital equipment used by customers such as the nearby Hunter Valley mines and other East Coast mines, as well as meeting the needs of huge industrial processing and materials handling groups that can’t afford extensive downtime. Precision, efficiency and safety are top priority with us," said Kevin Rundle, Falk Project Coordinator. The Posi Lock puller enables staff to efficiently and powerfully extract workpieces to be serviced without recourse to excessive heat or excessive amounts of less precise physical force. "When you are dealing with international companies such as Falk, they like to know that the tools they use is produced to world standards and backed by service to those same standards," said Posi Lock Vice President, Tamara Somerville. The Posi Lock line of manual and hydraulic pullers offers safety, quickness and ease of use. The Safety Cage design controls the pulling jaws securely in either open or closed positions providing a fast, one person set-up, solid contact and superior locking power. Manual pullers range from 1 to 40 ton capacity, hydraulic pullers range from 5 to 100 ton capacity. | |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
Copyright © 2008 Thomas Publishing Company