Fertilizer Industry

Globally, the Fertilizer industry is growing drastically. This drastic growth can be seen from the increasing trade volume, production capacities and consumption pattern. To maintain a proper coordination with the changing parameters of the fertilizer industry, fertilizer manufacturers require power driven light and heavy machineries with high production capacities. To fulfill the requirements, the machineries incorporate very good quality of gearboxes and other kinds of gear-components to increase the working efficiencies of these machineries.

The another reason behind the intensive use of gear and gear-peripherals in the fertilizer factories is the evaluation of mechanized agricultural methods. This in turn increases, the demand of more fertilizer. To fulfill this demand, the manufacturers of fertilizer have been inclining towards the use of more gear related applications in their plants to gear-up the production of fertilizer. Types of Gearboxes used:

• Worm Gearbox
• Bevel Gearbox
• Spur Gearbox

Worm Gear Drive in Fertilizer Plants
Today, gear drives are being used in the manufacturing process of fertilizers. One of the recognized gear drive is worm gear drive. These worm gear drives consist some features. One of the feature is that these gear drives are Wire Rope Electric Hoists. These worm gear drives operate very smoothly, fast, and with a higher degree of reliability. These worm gear drives are available in three different models, like single hook, twin hook and multiple hook. These different models are used for different work specifications, either for mounting of floor, ceiling, lug or trolley. These worm gear drives are also available in different weight categories and each category provide absolutely trouble free operation in every kind of application.

Fertilizer Disc and Hopper Openers
Fertilizer disc and hopper openers are seated to a front tool bar. The planting unit is mounted to a second bar. This arrangement provides it more flexibility in row spacing. The features of this equipment are: Along with knives, these are also found with knife cutters.
In these hoppers, there are twenty four different gear combinations. These facilitates these hoppers in carrying more fertilizer at a time.