Gearbox repair specialist - maritime, industrial and windturbine gearbox repair services

Stork Gears & Services is an independent service company specialising in the maintenance and repair of gearboxes. With over 50 years of experience we offer a complete range of gearbox services making use of innovative technologies, state-of-the-art engineering facilities and extensive gearbox know-how. Over the years, we have established a reputation for combining quality with unparalleled speed. We offer worldwide support 24 hours a day. How we work »
News & Recent gearbox projects, from on-site inspection to complete gearbox overhaul
November 2010 |
Gearbox diagnostics and consultancy of steam driven gearbox RENK TBE-630 plus generator Stork Diagnostic Services was invited by a Power generation company in Turkey to investigate high vibrations on a steam turbine driven gearbox. Unexplainable high vibrations occurred since a particular startup. The customer had checked many items but could not find the root cause. A diagnostic engineer from SGS was invited to come over and thoroughly investigate the problem.... |
November 2010 |
Inspection and repair of Jahnel-Kestermann propulsion gearbox PGV 1060-450 Stork gears & services was invited on board the container vessel m/v Delta Hamburg to conduct a gearbox inspection after the crew of the vessel noticed abnormal vibrations and found damage to the propulsion gearbox. Further damage was found and the complete gearbox was transported to the Stork Gears & Services workshop for further repairs... |
September 2010 |
Vestas V80, repair of Lohmann Stolterfoht (Bosch Rexroth) GPV 441-R3 gearbox A leading german power and gas company contacted Stork Gears & Services to perform an inspection of one of their Vestas V80 windturbine gearboxes. The gearbox was changed and transported to the Stork Gears & Services workshop for furhter inspection and analysis..... |
August 2010 |
Vestas V52, inspection and revision of a Lohmann & Stolterfoht gearbox A wind farm developer in Great Britain contacted the Wind division of Stork Gears & Services to conduct a more thorough inspection of the gearbox for a Vestas V52 turbine. The gearbox was transported to a Stork Gears & Services workshop for a comprehensive inspection and root cause failure analysis..... |
June 2010 |
On-board Inspection of a bow thruster of a tanker vessel A global leader in high quality shipmanagement invited Stork Gears & Services Asia Pte Ltd to carry out an inspection of a bow thruster on board their Singaporean tanker vessel. The bow thruster was already dismounted from its tunnel because of oil leakage noticed by the crew. During dry docking in Dominican Republic Stork Gears & Services visited the tanker vessel for an inspection... |
May 2010 |
Reverse engineering of cruise liner propulsion gearbox, Lohmann & Stolterfoht GVA 1500 Sage Shipping Company Ltd. contacted Stork Gears & Services to perform an inspection of the propulsion engine gearboxes on board one of her cruise ships. After the inspection Stork Gears & Services was asked to reverse engineer the nr 4 portside engine gearbox..... |
May 2010 |
On-board gearbox inspection on container vessel sailing from Taiwan to Hong Kong Stork Diagnostic Services carried out a visual inspection of two Renk-Tacke PTG 16 epicyclic gearboxes on board a container vessel sailing from Taiwan to Hong Kong.The crew discovered excessive clearance at the low-speed shaft of the gearboxes. In order to determine the condition of the gearboxes, we performed a visual inspection of the gearboxes, including flanks and bearings. |
April 2010 |
Preventive maintenance of deep suction dredger's gearbox reveals bearing damage Our client – a dredging company – wishes to have a preventive inspection of its equipment carried out, including vibration measurements to minimise equipment standstill. The client has commissioned Stork Diagnostic Services to carry out vibration measurements of the sand pump’s gearbox with a view to determining its condition. |
April 2010 |
South African power plant chooses Stork for the manufacturing of five gearboxes South Africa's national state power supplier contacted Stork Gears & Services with an urgent time request for the supply of five modified gearboxes, type Rademakers Rastar 250/275l. Because of our extensive Rademakers gearbox knowhow and hands-on experience we were able to complete the project in record time. |
April 2010 |
New Lasercladding head "iClad" repairs critical gearbox components in record time In the maritime industry, in power stations or wind power plants, gearboxes and gearwheels have to operate reliably over long periods of time under the hardest of conditions. Stork Gears & Services is successfully using a brand-new processing head for the preventative maintenance, modification and repair of such heavily stressed drive systems. |
March 2010 |
Stork Gears & Services strengthens its position in
Asia As a global service provider Stork Gears & Services Asia Pte Ltd is present in Singapore for many years now. In order to offer our Asian customers the fastest gearbox repair we now cooperate with Wärtsilä Singapore... |
January 2010 |
Advanced wind turbine gearbox upgrade (Metso PLH 1400) Stork Gears & Services was approached by one of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers to help them resolve a reoccurring gearbox problem. The company had a large series of Metso gearboxes which were heavily leaking oil after only a few years of operation... |
December 2009 |
Onboard inspection and gearbox repair of a Hangzhou propulsion gearbox A German shipping company invited Stork Gears & Services to visit one of their merchant vessels in Turkey because of problems with the Hangzhou propulsion gearbox. Several gearbox components needed a fast replacement in order to set sail in time... |
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Stork Gears & Services is part of the Technical Services division of Stork N.V. |








