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Indrotech Celebrates 16 Years of Innovation and Dedication
Indrotech Celebrates 16 Years of Innovation and Dedication On November 20, 2024, Indrotech proudly celebrated an exciting milestone—16 years since the company’s official establishment. While our roots go even further back under the name Precision Driveline, the...
David Cudmore has decided to move on
Indrotech News! After 16 years of working with Indrotech David Cudmore has decided to move on. David you were an essential part of Indrotech and played a major role to our growth over the years. From our humble beginnings, your contribution, hard work and...
Stainless-Steel Axial Fan for moisture extraction
Stainless-Steel Axial Fan for moisture extraction Stainless-Steel Axial Fan for moisture extraction When working within an exceptionally large enclosed area that needs a controlled environment, it takes a particular series of extraction units to achieve this. Just...
Split Cooling Impeller
Split Cooling ImpellerSplit Type Cooling Impellers How can we solve the issue of cooling a gearbox down when you can’t move the existing assembly?The answer is with a Split Cooling ImpellerA split cooling impeller is a way of getting around the problem of having no...
Manufacturing a 1000Kw Gearbox Cooling Fan
Manufacturing a 1000Kw Gearbox Cooling Fan We were recently given a project by a leading engineering rebuilding company. It was to do with the cooling of a 1000Kw Gearbox. This massive gearbox worth over $1.5M was positioned in an enclosed area adjacent to a wall....
Industrial Furnace Fans Industrial Oven Fans
Cladded Fans for Industrial Furnaces and ovensAs a part of our designing procedure, we first look at what our customer wants to achieve. We then work with them to design the right application. Recently a customer came to us with a situation that needed more thought....
One good turn deserves another
Remember the story we did not so long ago about the Schenck CAB 920? Well, there’s an interesting update. A few weeks ago, we had an issue with the software, this is normal as things often go wrong with any software. This could be devastating to us as it is downtime....
Out with the old in with the new – The new H4 balancing machine!
New H4 Balancing Machine Although progress is a positive thing for our industry sometimes it comes with a level of sombreness. We recently upgraded our old Hofmann 3 plane driveshaft balancing machine as it had seen better days. Like a loyal old friend this machine...
H4 Driveshaft balancing machine – Major upgrade of the CAB 920
H4 Driveshaft balancing machine Our 4-plane driveshaft balancing machine has now been upgraded with the CAB 920 measuring unit. The CAB 920 of which is an upgrade of Schenck’s much-maligned CAB 940. The CAB 940 was never really appreciated in the industry, fortunately...
Schenck CAB 820 measuring unit
At Indrotech we always try to keep ahead of the industries that we are in. One of the ways we do this is by investing in the most efficient and up to date machinery. We have recently given our industrial balancing capacity a facelift with the introduction of new...
Duplication Of A Damaged Industrial Fan
Why bother reinventing the wheel!We always find that reinventing the wheel is not the best way of doing things. Especially when something can be duplicated. For example, when something comes into our factory looking like this. We simply reuse the original dimensions...
What A Monster Industrial Balancing
What a Monster!!!!!! Industrial balancing repair of the fan assembly. It was truly an honour to be elected in the revival of this failed, old and tired 60″ diameter double width Richardson fan assembly. This unit would be around 35 to 40 years old. We need to respect...
Industrial Fans Melbourne High Pressure Blowers
You little Beauty!!! We’ve had a monster before, but this time it’s a little beauty. This sits in a research facility exhausting carbon fibre fumes.This 6” high-pressure blower is 10 times smaller but takes 100 times longer to make at 100 times the effort.We will work...
Boat Propeller Balancing Melbourne
Boat Propeller BalancingYou can get it driving, you can get it fishing, you can get it anywhere. Matter of fact we service all industries… Boat propeller balancing. Variety is one of the many interesting things about what we do. We recently balanced a boat propeller...
2 Metre Diameter Impellers
2 Metre Diameter ImpellersAs we have moved into the new factory we are ready and have been taking on larger projects. And this is how we do it.Larger workshop Our new factory is near 3 times the size of our old one. This gives us the opportunity to further expand our...
Cab 820 Balancing Machine Designed For Little Rotors
Indrotech's new balancing machineAn update on our upcoming move: With the advent of the new factory, we have increased our capacity which has allowed us to purchase another balancing machine. This time it is a Schenck CAB 820 Balancing Machine. This little beauty is...
Air Control For Food Manufacturing Melbourne
Air Control For Food Manufacturing MelbourneButterfly valve – For Air Control Air Control Food Manufacturing Melbourne. Due to the diverse range of industries we work in, we have come across another interesting element of an airflow system. This time it is what we...
Industrial Fan Projects Are Getting Larger
Our industry is changing and it’s to do with size. It is evident from our experience that we are finding that the industrial fan projects are getting larger. There is a need for larger fans. With this we too must adjust our operations to suit this change. Bigger fans?...
Fully Assembled Driveshaft Balancing
3 piece driveshaft balancing. What is the best way to balance a 3 piece driveshaft? Fully assembled driveshaft balancing. Most people think that the only way to balance a driveshaft is piece by piece. At Indrotech we believe that you can only get the right balance...
Hard And Soft Bearing Balancing Machines
The relationship between types of balancing machines and the standard it follows. There is confusion between the operational characteristics of these 2 types of machines, the Hard Bearing and Soft Bearing, in relation to the RPM listed on the ISO Standard.Hard Bearing...
Industrial Rotational Technology Melbourne
What’s the best way to keep your customers happy?That was the question that Indrotech has been trying to answer for years now. And the answer was staring them right in the face. Indrotech is an industrial rotational technology company that manufactures fans, balancing...
Gearbox Cooling Mining Industry Radial Blade Impeller Fans
Gearbox Cooling Mining Industry Radial Blade Impeller Fans Gearbox Cooling – 30-inch radial blade cooling impeller for a 1000kW gearbox At Indrotech we love a challenge, and this one was right up our alley. It involved an industrial gearbox that had failed because of...
Mechanical Maintenance Services High Rise Buildings
Another Monster!Issues with mechanical maintenance services for a high rise, an office or any industrial building Remember not so long ago we told you about an old and tiered 60“ diameter double width Richardson fan assembly. Well, after we did what we had to do to...
Twisted Driveshaft
Twisted driveshaftThis is a prime example of what happens to a driveshaft when excessive torque is applied.It is common that the universal joint won’t fail even though it is the weakest link. Instead, the tube will twist sometimes tearing apart other times not. This...
Industrial Ventilation Melbourne
Big Sucker!! Industrial Ventilation Our good friends at Hallam Performance needed our input to exhaust fumes from their chassis dyno section in their workshop. It’s quite obvious what happens when there is no exhaust fan in this type of environment. When running a...
What Do You Think This Might Be
What do you think this might be? At Indrotech we come across a wide range of things in our day to day activity. Here’s something that we came across I wonder if you can work out what it is. Well it was a truck driveshaft It’s a piece of 120 x 6mm thick truck tailshaft...
Ford Holden Two Piece Shafts Bearing Change
Indrotech is finding that there are more and more Ford and Holden two piece shafts that require centre bearing changes. If you feel a vibration through your drive train, it’s most probably a failed centre bearing. We replace Ford BA, BF and FG Falcons. The most common...
Deciding To Modify Your 4wd
Deciding to modify your 4X4?As a follow up to our “Things to look for before you modify your 4X4” Indrotech have acquired a new off-road specialist client. They are passionate & regular off-roaders who above all else, as they put it “love to get out there &...
A Bumpy Ride
A Bumpy rideAt Indrotech we feel it our duty to educate the industry on what faults we look for on a problematic driveshaft and how and why we rectify it.Here is a fault that we find with a typical truck drive shafts. The fault either comes from neglect to service it,...
Schenck H20 Hard Bearing Balancing
Schenck H20 hard bearing balancingIndrotech Pty Ltd is proud to announce their new addition to their Industrial Balancing facility; a Schenck H20 hard bearing balancing machine backed up with a CAB 590 measuring unit. Indrotech, Australia’s leader in Industrial...
A Blowing Success
A Blowing SuccessFoundries are generally inhospitable environments. Indrotech were approached by Geelong based foundry IXL Metal Castings to design a solution to the heat build up and replacement of internal environment in the foundry caused by pouring molten metals...
Its A Matter Of Balance
A day in the life of the balancing machine! First up – The Thresher, workhorse of farm equipment, like all rotational equipment if it is out of balance it won’t operate at optimum capacity. The damaged metal fingers get replaced and after a short crane ride it’s ready...
Low Noise Motor Cooling Impeller
Low Noise Motor Cooling ImpellerImpeller back to its original state This is known as a low noise motor cooling impeller of which we have seen plenty of in the field. This one is old and has passed its use by date. It is used on electric motors pre high efficiency...
Fan Making A Horrible Noise
Blocked fan making a horrible noise…and then they ask us, “why is our fan making a horrible noise and not performing?” Perhaps because it’s blocked!!!With over a decade of experience as an Industrial Fans Supplier, Manufacturer & Repair. We deliver a solution that is...
Mixed Flow Impeller Duplication
Mixed Flow Impeller DuplicationMixed Flow Upon the customer requesting a duplicate of this impeller of which we balanced at the end of the year as a routine yearly maintenance. The original impeller was badly corroded even though it was of stainless steel.The...