Industrial Gear Repair

Industrial Gear Repair

Industrial gear repair for the assets that stop production: mill drives, kiln pinions, girth gears, crane hoists, extruder and pumpjack gearboxes.

Industrial Gear Repair — what it covers

Industrial gear repair is a different problem from commercial gearbox work. The units are heavier, the tolerances are tighter, and the cost of being down is measured in tens of thousands of dollars per day. A steel mill pinion stand, a cement kiln girth gear, a ship-to-shore crane hoist gearbox — none of these has a shelf replacement, and the OEM lead time is routinely 16 to 30 weeks.

We coordinate industrial gear repair through AGMA-experienced independent gear shops across the country, matched to the asset: mill and kiln work goes to shops with the crane capacity and gear-cutting envelope to handle it, marine and dredge work to shops with the right class approvals, and small-frame reducers to shops that turn them fast.

Every industrial gear repair is quoted three ways before teardown: repair cost, replacement cost, and a cash offer for the unit as-is. That matters on heavy assets, because sometimes the honest answer is that a tested surplus unit gets you running sooner than a rebuild — and we own the surplus network to make that call credibly.

Industries served: steel and aluminum mills, cement and lime plants, pulp and paper, refineries and petrochemical, mining and aggregate, power generation, water and wastewater, sugar and food processing, ports and marine terminals, wind energy, and heavy manufacturing.

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Text it to (641) 519-6270 or use the app.

Three-way quote

Repair price, replacement price, cash offer — in writing.

Free freight

We arrange pickup; emergency jobs ship free both ways.

Back online

8–12 days standard, 24–72 hr rush, warrantied.

Industrial Gear Repair questions

What counts as industrial gear repair versus ordinary gearbox repair?
Industrial gear repair generally means units above roughly 50 HP or with special duty requirements — mill drives, kiln and girth gear sets, crane hoist and slew drives, extruder gearboxes, dredge and marine gears, planetary hubs on heavy mobile equipment. These need gear cutting, line boring and load testing rather than a parts swap. Call (641) 519-6270 for a free teardown quote — or sell us the unit as-is for cash.
Do you handle emergency industrial gear repair?
Yes — 24–72 hour emergency service with free rush freight both directions. If a line is down, call (641) 519-6270 and say it is an emergency; that routes straight to a shop with open capacity rather than into a normal queue. Call (641) 519-6270 for a free teardown quote — or sell us the unit as-is for cash.
Can you cut new gears for obsolete industrial units?
Yes. Reverse-engineering an existing gear set and cutting replacements to original tooth geometry is routine work — it is how obsolete Falk, Foote-Jones, Nuttall, Western Gear and Philadelphia Gear units stay in service decades after the OEM stopped supporting them. Call (641) 519-6270 for a free teardown quote — or sell us the unit as-is for cash.
How much does industrial gear repair cost?
Heavy industrial gearboxes typically run $10,000–100,000+ depending on size, gear condition and whether new gears must be cut; mid-size industrial reducers $5,000–25,000. In all cases a rebuild lands at roughly 30–60% of new-unit cost and skips the factory lead time. Call (641) 519-6270 for a free teardown quote — or sell us the unit as-is for cash.

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