Gear Tooth Pitting and Spalling
Heavy material loads and inadequate lubrication film cause localized fatigue failure on tooth flanks, creating metal debris that accelerates secondary damage. In coal belt feeders operating at high cycles, surface-initiated pitting progresses rapidly to tooth fracture and gearbox catastrophic failure. Eternal Gear Rebuilders grinds damaged teeth to precise specifications and installs upgraded hardened gears to resist recurrence.