Repair pricing, failure modes, and turnaround for mill drive gearboxes — or sell yours for cash.
Mill drive gearboxes — ball mills, SAG mills, rolling mills, sugar mills — are among the largest gear sets in industry, and downtime costs are measured in thousands per hour.
We arrange complete teardown, failure analysis, and rebuild to OEM spec for mill drive gearboxes of every major brand — including Falk, Philadelphia Gear, Lufkin, Flender, David Brown, Farrel. Typical rebuild cost runs 30–60% of a new unit, with 5–14 day standard turnaround and 24–72 hour emergency service, against new-unit lead times that often stretch 16–30 weeks. Every quote comes with the full picture: standard shop price, our in-house price, replacement cost, and a cash offer for the unit as-is.
And if the numbers say replace instead of repair, we don't walk away — we buy failed, surplus, and decommissioned mill drive gearboxes for cash, any condition, nationwide pickup. Even a seized unit carries value in its castings, alloy gearing, and copper windings.
Girth gear / pinion misalignment wear
Torsional fatigue cracks from mill surges
Babbitt bearing wipe on low-speed journals
Contamination ingress in harsh mill environments
Falk, Philadelphia Gear, Lufkin, Flender, David Brown, Farrel. Browse all 60+ brands or check the rebuild price guide for cost ranges by size.
Or call/text (412) 557-4495.