Advantages of a Greaseless Gearbox for Milling and Sizing Equipment
North American Pharma OSD Company changed equipment to a greaseless Comil and reduced temperatures during milling of heat-sensitive powders.
“This is a very nice piece of equipment. I am pushing to get another one as I think these would be good to have on site for future projects”. Process Engineer.
In summary
The new Comil® U20x and FlexSift S20x Gearbox design offers:
- Improved serviceability and ease of proactive maintenance with an easy to replace shaft seal design preventing unwanted downtime.
- Greaseless gearbox design eliminating the risk of grease contamination.
- Drastically lowered running temperatures for improved processing of heat sensitive materials.
- Reduced operating noise up to 10 dBA compared to historic U20 gearbox models.
- CIP, SIP and Autoclavable gearbox design all in one.
- Increased longevity over traditional gearboxes with unmatched engineered safety factor.