Condition Assessment for Mining Reliability,

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Ring Gear Cleaning and Inspection Mill and Kiln Ring Gear
Drives
To understand operational and production behavior of machinery, a robust data collection and examination
process must be established. ASTM E2905 was written based on the Gear-Pro method for mill ring gear drive
inspections. The Gear-Pro method detects 100% of all gear tooth surface discontinuities, larger than 0.015 of an
inch. This practice addresses the need to detect surface breaking flaws electronically, and to have the ability to size
accurately any surface breaking cracks found on cast and forged mill ring gear and pinion teeth faster and more
effectively than other methods. Cleaning and inspection times for a 34 SAG Mill gear drive is seven hours.
Insurance companies have now accepted this standard. This practice standardizes the cleaning and use of this nondestructive testing approach for large ring gear and pinion inspections, delivering consistency, efficiency and
standardization, a service valued worldwide.
Benefits:

Cleaning - has never been easier. 10m girth gears can be cleaned in less than an hour. There is no need to
wipe the gear teeth down after the cleaning, saving numerous person hours.

Examination ASTM E2905 is cleaner, faster, documentable, and covers a larger area in less examination
time and greatly improves Probability of Detection better than any other traditional Non-Destructive
Testing methods today for gearing applications.

Results - Drastically reduces inspection time. Covers a large area in one single pass. Provides real-time
mapping of the inspected region, facilitating data interpretation. Improves reliability and Probability of
Detection (POD). Unlike some other inspection methods, this will size cracks accurately, and all of the data
is electronically archived for future reference.

Figure 1: Crack in Root of Tooth that could not visualized

Figure 2:

2 & 3D Images of Root Crack in

Figure 1

Global offers technical support for any gear engineering requirements. For more information about service,
inspection or maintenance of your gear drives, please visit our website at www.global-ndt.ca

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