Biscuit production back up and running for the New Year

A leading biscuit manufacturing company held their annual maintenance shutdown over the Christmas holiday period, and whilst their production staff were off, decided to strip and replace a large shaft mount gearbox.

Unfortunately, the new replacement gearbox did not have the same diameter shaft as the original, which meant the existing shaft needed to be built up or new sleeves making. Upon inspection it was revealed that the shaft and keyway were badly worn. It was decided that new sleeves would be made and the worn shaft turned down to suit, re-keyed, with new sleeves manufactured to fit.

Arrow’s engineers needed to work through the Christmas period, including bank holidays. The job was eventually finished on Sunday 1st of January 2023 at 10pm, and delivered back at 7am on Monday 2nd January.

On top of this, a large rubber coated drive roller was also repaired the same day, collected and delivered back 50 miles away by 7pm.

Shaft mount gearbox shaft

Large shaft mount gearbox

Making sleeves for the shaft mount gearbox

Keyway gearbox shaft

Manufacturing the large key for the gearbox shaft

Job done: shaft mount gearbox repair with new sleeves and key

Large rubber coated roller repair

Festive period or not, when a major shutdown job goes off-plan, our team works through to keep the line moving — from a complete shaft, sleeve and key rebuild to a same-day roller repair delivered 50 miles away.