INDUSTRY SOLUTION ANDBENEFITS Case Study: Power Generation - KLOZURE ® Dynamic Seals Power Generation CUSTOMER OEM builder of wind turbines BACKGROUND A major wind turbine OEM was servicing competitors gear boxes, all of which were leaking due to inadequate seals. CHALLENGES FACED An OEM was being asked to solve oil leakage issues on competitors gearboxes. All of these gearboxes leaked and all were diffiuclt to service since they were located on wind turbines several hundred feet in the air. Since all of the gearboxes were made by competitors Garlock needed to develop a retrofit kit for the customer. Despite not having access to the original OEM, Garlock worked with their customer to develop a retrofit kit that not only solved the problem, but also reduced the service requirements of the existingturbines inthefield. Thesolutionincluded asplit flinger seal, which offered enough simplicity to reduce the number of technicians needed to install solution to just one, while routing lubrication back into the gearbox eliminating environmental issues and potential catastrophic bearing failure..
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INDUSTRY SOLUTION ANDBENEFITS
Case Study: Power Generation - KLOZURE® Dynamic Seals
Power Generation
CUSTOMER OEM builder of wind turbines
BACKGROUND A major wind turbine OEM was servicing competitors gear boxes, all of which were leaking due to inadequate seals.
CHALLENGES FACED An OEM was being asked to solve oil leakage issues on competitors gearboxes. All of these gearboxes leaked and all were diffiuclt to service since they were located on wind turbines several hundred feet in the air. Since all of the gearboxes were made by competitors Garlock needed to develop a retrofit kit for the customer.
Despite not having access to the original OEM, Garlock worked with their customer to develop a retrofit kit that not only solved the problem, but also reduced the service requirements of the existingturbines inthefield. Thesolutionincluded asplit flinger seal, which offered enough simplicity to reduce the number of technicians needed to install solution to just one, while routing lubrication back into the gearbox eliminating environmental issues and potential catastrophic bearing failure..
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