A new gearbox for the world's poultry industry
Customer's cost optimization, flexibility and customisation are the three key factors of this new gearbox
Varvel, the famous Italian group specializing in power transmission, presented a new gearbox for the world's poultry industry at Hannover Messe 2017.
FRP680 gearbox was developed for use in the farming industry and especially for the international poultry sector.
The poultry sector is one of Varvel’s most important and dynamic customers and accounts for over 60,000 pieces a years. Coupled to a suitable motor, the new FRP680 gearbox is designed to drive the supply systems and screw conveyors that deliver animal feed. Years of experience in this sector have allowed Varvel to develop a gearbox capable of satisfying the key needs of today’s market: competitive price, versatility and customization.
The FRP680 is a gearbox for the international poultry sector and will be available in three different versions:
- an integrated version with a 160 mm input flange and a square output flange;
- a second integrated version with a 200 mm input flange and square output flange;
- a universal version for coupling to custom input and output flanges.
The decision to produce three different versions was made in response to the needs of the sector:
- Customer's cost optimization. In facts, the two integrated versions cover the market’s most common size and configuration needs and will make a major contribution to optimizing customers’ costs.
- Flexibility and customization. The universal version can be adapted to all necessary configurations, including those common in North America, whose huge poultry industry represents a new frontier with excellent growth prospects for the Varvel Group.
Modularity has always been the key guiding principle in Varvel’s development of newsolutions, as it allows improvements to be introduced across the entire range of Varvel products and services.
The FRP680 boasts the same excellent characteristics as all Varvel gearboxes, and represents a major improvement in the company’s offering to the poultry industry. In developing this new gearbox, Varvel reviewed the entire product engineering process and introduced modifications to the gear meshing axes that have improved servicefactors by 10-15%.
The FRP680 gearbox was also specially engineered to facilitate order management, making sales and after-sales services smoother and more open to customization. The supply chain for the FRP680 is 100% Italian, with all machining, gear profiling and functional testing performed within the Varvel Group itself. Components are optimized and the oil lubrication system features a universally renowned brand of top quality seals: small details but ones that help guarantee maximum efficiency and silent, leakproof functioning. The FRP680 gearbox is a brand new product that typifies the Varvel Group’s experience, attention to new markets, constant dynamism and commitment to supplying Italian excellence and precision engineering to the world.
The new FRP680 will be available to order in the second half of 2017. Fill in the form should you need more information!