Mechanical

Drive train retrofit

A gearbox retrofit that kept a forty-year-old drive running on standard bearings.

Close-up of dark industrial gears

Client

Ropeway operator

Year

2024

Ratio

38:1

Service interval

×3

Install

4 days

The challenge

A forty-year-old drive with obsolete bearings and no surviving drawings.

Our approach

The gearbox scanned and redrawn, then the housing redesigned around standard bearings.

The result

Installed in four days, with a service interval three times longer.

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