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Dave Soma, the mechanical supervisor at Leland Olds Station, a coal-fired power
plant near Stanton, North Dakota, says he and his maintenance team care deeply
about keeping the plant running and providing people electricity, especially in the dead of winter.
The availability of high-strength shaft materials, in combination with bearings with high carrying capacity, allows use of slimmer shafts. However, the modulus of elasticity remains the same, so seat
design for bearings and gears must be given close attention.
This article is designed to help describe the selection process of a reducer to be used in the parcel handling industry. It will go over the different applications for which gearboxes are used throughout parcel handling facilities such as UPS, FedEx and DHL.