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News|Articles|September 1, 2026

Keeping Critical Drivetrains Online: A Lifecycle Approach to Gearbox Reliability, Repair, and Aftermarket Support

Thomas Baumann and Jesse Hernandez of RENK answer the questions turbomachinery operators are asking about keeping gearboxes running longer, and what most of them get wrong along the way.

Key Takeaways

  • Understand how aftermarket support helps operators maximize the performance of existing gearbox assets and lower total lifecycle costs.
  • Explore the range of turbomachinery drivetrain technologies RENK supports, from high-speed parallel shaft and integral gear units to power-split and epicyclic gearboxes built to API standards including API 613.
  • Find out which factors drive the repair-versus-replace decision on an existing gearbox, and what the most common issue is that RENK encounters during gearbox inspections.

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