David Brown Case Studies

David Brown have produced various case studies to help showcase our years of experience and continued innovation in the engineering industry.

March

  • 65,000 Kilos Girth Gear
  • Girth Gears
  • After a succession of recent contract wins by the South African centre of excellence and a major plan of investment, David Brown has put the icing on the cake with the announcement of a girth gear order worth US $1.3 million from F L Smidth Minerals for a project in Armenia.
  • This case study deals with the following products and service:
  • Girth Gears

January

  • Solving A Sticky Problem
  • Flooring Industry
  • Reinforcing its position as a leading supplier of gears and gearboxes to the sugar industry, David Brown Gear Industries has secured an order to supply two gear units to Ushukela Milling’s Gledhow sugar mill on the KwaZulu-Natal North coast.

October

  • David Brown's On Site Services Team Excel Once Again
  • Flooring Industry
  • A flooring company who recently had a gearbox breakdown urgently required a quick and efficient solution to their problem. This is where the David Brown on site services team was able to help and quickly help install a David Brown high speed gearbox to eradicate the problem.

August

  • Replacement Boom at Unifloc Corus
  • Unifloc Corus
  • A tight schedule for the construction of a replacement boom for a stacker at Corus Strip Products Port Talbot Works meant David Brown needed to deliver bang on time. The busy schedule of operations meant that David Brown had to commit to delivering on the agreed date if the whole of the project was to be on time.

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Powerful Brands

Screw Jack Products Benzlers Accudrive Products Cone Drive Benzlers and Cone Drive are sister companies of David Brown, also part of the Textron family. Working together enables us to offer a full range of gear products and provide global services and support.