Food Processing Gearbox Repair, Conveyor Reducer Rebuild and Hygienic Drive Parts
Dairy, sugar, beverage and food plants run washdown duty on drives that were never specified for the cleaning regime they now get. We manufacture replacement gearing and shafts and rebuild the gearboxes.
Food, dairy and sugar drives we work on
Caustic washdown, stop-start duty and stainless requirements make component replacement more specific than a catalogue lookup.
- Conveyor and accumulation table drive reducers
- Filler, capper and labeller drive gearing
- Homogeniser and separator drive components
- Agitator and mixer gearboxes in process vessels
- Sugar mill and diffuser drive gearing
- Centrifuge and crystalliser drives
- Dryer, cooler and rotary valve drives
- Palletiser and case-packer gearboxes
- Screw conveyor and auger drives
- CIP pump and process pump shafts
Hygienic drive components
Shafts and gearing in stainless and corrosion-resistant materials where washdown duty has destroyed the original.
Gearbox rebuild
Strip, inspect and report. Washdown ingress usually damages bearings, seals and gearing while the housing survives.
Obsolete drive support
Replacement internals reverse engineered where the maker has withdrawn the range.
What washdown duty does
Water and caustic ingress dominate the failure modes in this sector.
| What fails | What we supply |
|---|---|
| Corroded gearbox internals from washdown ingress | Replacement gearing, with material chosen for the duty |
| Pitted and seized agitator output shaft | Shaft machined complete in a suitable stainless grade |
| Conveyor reducer worn beyond limits | Rebuild with new gearing and restored journals |
| Discontinued filler drive gearbox | Internals reverse engineered from the removed unit |
| Sugar mill drive gearing worn | Replacement gear set to the existing centres |
| Centrifuge drive shaft failure | Replacement shaft to the original fits |
Working from no drawings
Most of the drive components we are asked for are no longer manufactured, and the original drawings are long gone. We reverse engineer from the worn part itself: the component is measured, the tooth geometry and fits are established, material is confirmed, and a replacement is cut to suit the existing housing, shafts and bearings so nothing else in the assembly has to change.
Where a gear has failed because of a design limitation rather than wear, we will say so and propose the change rather than reproduce the fault.
Quality and documentation
Euro Gear operates an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system. EN 10204 3.1 material certification is available on request, with mill traceability. Components bound for the United Kingdom or European Union ship as partly completed machinery with a Declaration of Incorporation.
Lead times
We are built around planned work: shutdowns, turnarounds and scheduled overhauls booked in advance, where the component has to be right and on site for a known date. Tell us the outage date and we will tell you honestly whether we can meet it. We do not offer field service or emergency breakdown attendance.
Common questions
- Can you supply shafts in stainless for washdown duty?
- Yes. We confirm the material requirement at enquiry and manufacture to suit the duty rather than simply copying the original specification if that is what failed.
- Our gearbox range was discontinued years ago. Can it be rebuilt?
- Usually yes, if the housing is sound. The internals can be reverse engineered from the worn components.
- Can you work around a seasonal campaign?
- Yes. Sugar and food plants often have a fixed off-season window, and planned work to a known date is what we are built around.
- Do you supply food-contact certified components?
- We manufacture to the material and finish specification you provide. Food-contact compliance for the assembly rests with the equipment builder.
- Do you attend site?
- No. We manufacture and rebuild in the shop.
Send us the part
A photograph of the nameplate and the worn component is usually enough for us to tell you whether we can help. Drawings are welcome but not required.