For the Iron, Steel, and Metal Processing Industries around the world, LUFKIN designs and manufactures speed reducers either to comply with standards established by the user, or customized to meet the requirements of a specific application.
Thousands of units of various sizes, some of them as heavy as 50 tons, have been in service for decades:
· providing motion in materials handling: traveling cranes, transfer cars, ladle tilters, etc.
· driving special machines: continuous casters for steel, aluminum and other metals, rolling and finishing mills, presses, straighteners, shears, coilers, drawing and wire drawing benches, etc.
The reliability of LUFKIN products is such that its parallel shaft, right angle drive and planetary gearboxes are most often chosen because they ensure trouble free service in all applications, many of which operate continuously, where high torques exceeding 100,000 mdaN are to be transmitted.
Continuous bloom caster in service at UNIMETAL, Gandrange (France).
Two planetary gear reducer units with 5 stages and 1,265: 1 ratio for CEGEDUR-PECHINEY continuous aluminum caster. Unit weight: 5 tons.
4,000 kW pinion stand with 4 output shafts, delivered to DMS for Sendzimir rolling mill installed in Thailand. Weight: 20 tons.