OUR GEAR 101 TRAINING COURSE

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Get your maintenance and operations teams trained with Gear 101: An Introduction to Gearing Concepts and Elemental Gearbox Operation.

Philadelphia Gear’s four-hour program provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of complex rotating equipment – and their foundational operating principles – that keep plants running smoothly.

The Gear 101 program simplifies training: You customize the topics you want to see covered. Then we bring the course to you, helping to schedule around your outages, shift changes, and existing training. It’s the smarter solution for educating your maintenance and engineering staff, all for one flat fee.

EXPLORE THE GEAR 101 COURSE CURRICULUM

Gearing fundamentals
  • Types of gears
  • Arrangement and geometry
  • Mesh operations
  • Heat treating techniques
  • Gear ratings and quality
Bearings
  • Rolling element
  • Fixed, floating, ball, etc.
  • Hydrodynamic fluid film bearings
  • Bearing configurations
  • Operating characteristics
Gear drive lubrication and principles
  • Viscosity index and pour point
  • Types of lubrication systems
  • Thermal ratings
  • Key lubricant characteristics
  • Modes of lubrication failure
Gear instrumentation measurements
  • Temperature
  • Flow
  • Pressure
  • Vibration
  • Noise
Analytical tools
  • Gear design and rating
  • Rotor dynamics
  • Bearing and shaft analysis
  • Unbalanced response program
  • Finite element analysis
Gearbox testing
  • Spin testing
  • Partial load testing
  • Full load testing
  • Full torque testing
  • Post-test disassembly and inspection
Gear element failure modes
  • Pitting failures
  • Overloading failures
  • Tooth fractures
  • Misalignment
  • Abrasive wear
Bearing failure modes
  • Overheating
  • Corrosion
  • Scoring
  • Slippage tracks
  • Contamination
Gearbox selection requirements
  • Prime movers
  • Driven equipment
  • Couplings
  • System arrangement
  • Operating conditions

BRING GEAR 101 TO YOUR BUSINESS

No hidden fees. No hassle. At $3,239 for up to 10 participants, Gear 101 provides convenient, customizable training from an expert engineer. Upgrade your team’s training — talk to a Philadelphia Gear® rep today.

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BRING GEAR 101 TO YOUR BUSINESS
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