Nuttall Gear Field Services

The Service Division of Nuttall Gear offers comprehensive and dedicated onsite support designed to keep your rotating machinery in operation. When a gear drive is purchased from us, our commitment to the customer does not stop when the unit leaves our dock. You can rest assured knowing that world-class field service and repairs are only a phone call away. Our extensive experience in gear drive applications, combined with our manufacturing and design capabilities enable us to provide you with a single-source solution for minimizing your downtime and improving your productivity. In addition to our extensive line of catalog and custom products, we can offer a cost-effective repair solution for any manufacturer’s gear drive.

We are a founding member of the American Gear Manufacturing Association and are an ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturing facility. Quality and dependability are deeply rooted in every aspect of our organization. Since 1887 we have been providing dependable gear drives for industry. As the former Westinghouse Gearing Division, Nuttall Gear is the only authorized repair center for Westinghouse gear drives. We maintain all original drawings and specifications.

Our commitment to safe practices and superior work is backed by stringent internal safety and quality programs, and the ongoing training of our employees. Nuttall Gear continues to make significant investment in tools and equipment in order to apply the latest technologies to our service offerings.

Our shop capabilities include helical gearing up to 96”. Up to AGMA 14 quality.

Comprehensive services for any manufacturer’s gear drive:

Allen Gear	Foote-Jones	Nuttall Gear
Amarillo	General Electric	Philadelphia Gear
Brad Foote	Holroyd	Renk
Chemineer	Flender	Renold
Cleveland Gear	Hansen	Rexnord
Cone Drive	Horsburg & Scott	Sterling
D.O. James	Lightinin	Sumitomo
David Brown	Link-Belt	Western
DeLaval	Lufkin	Westinghouse*
Delroyd Worm Gear	Maag	WestTech
Falk	Marley	Wilson Gear
Farrel	Mixco	Winsmith

*Nuttall Gear is the sole authorized repair center for Westinghouse gear drives. We maintain all original drawings and specifications.

MAINTENANCE

Routine lubrications services, end play adjustments, bearing and oil seal replacement.

CONTRACT MAINTENANCE

Scheduled periodic on-site services to establish condition-based maintenance for critical machinery.

INSPECTIONS

Evaluate the conditions of gears, shafts, bearings, seals, housing and foundation. All field service inspections come with a detailed report that allows management to make informed decisions on maintenance and repair options.

NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

Wet magnetic particle and dye penetrant testing processes to detect surface and slightly subsurface cracks in gearing, housings, and components.

LASER ALIGNMENT AND INSTALLATION ASSISTANCE

Eliminate machine vibration and premature wear by verifying proper alignment of your rotating equipment.

FAILURE ANALYSIS

Specially trained personnel to assist in getting to the root cause of a drive failure.

UPGRADES AND UPRATES

We offer a variety of cost-saving options, including re-rates for older drives and the ability to redesign and rebuild used drives to meet your expectations.

TORQUE MEASUREMENTS

Record actual torque under operating conditions. Full report provided to assist management in making cost effective decisions on equipment upgrades and repairs.

TRAINING SEMINARS

Covers all phases of repair and rebuild in a hands-on maintenance training program: inspection, troubleshooting, teardown, reassembly, maintenance best practices and testing.

REPAIRS

Short-term emergency repairs and long-term emergency repairs can be made on site. Complete rebuilds and overhauls can be done right at your facility.

VIBRATION ANALYSIS AND TRENDING

We have the most advanced portable vibration equipment offered today.

IMPLEMENTATION OF TPM

Nuttall Gear can assist you in setting up a Total Productive Maintenance system for our products. In TPM the machine operator is trained to perform many of the day-to-day tasks of simple maintenance and fault-finding. This enables the operators to understand the machinery and identify potential problems, righting them before they impact production.