GEA Decanters – International Repair Network

January 14, 2021

Repair of a GEA decanter step by step: 
Follow the entire process of decanter repair in our Competence Center in Niederahr – from the arrival in the workshop to the precise assessment and subsequent multi-stage repair to the return to our customers.

Steps of the repair process:
00:00 Key facts about our International Repair Network
00:34 Goods receipt - arrival and dismantling
00:56 Manual and automated cleaning
01:17 Dye penetration test for damage assessment
01:54 Inspection and measurement methods
02:10 Quote preparation and inspection report
02:24 Manual welding and hardfacing application
02:37 Automated welding and hardfacing application
03:01 Grinding of the hardfacing
03:20 Turning - machining of the bearing seats
03:46 Balancing to less than 5 grams of residual imbalance
04:23 Gearbox repair process
04:49 Packing and shipping

GEA repair service is never far away:
Our international network of authorized repair workshops employs around 200 people who carry out over 3000 repairs per year. In order to avoid production downtimes, we also keep a large number of rental and exchange scrolls in stock for your decanters. True to our claim: 24/7 responsiveness, 100 % efficiency.

Request your decanter repair here: Corrective repairs for GEA separators and decanters