Atlanta Gear Works Earns Timken Platinum Certification

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20211217/1639726454307074.jpg" title="1639726454307074.jpg" alt="2.jpg"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">After eight years as a “Timken Bearing Certified Shop,” Atlanta Gear Works has earned the highest status possible — Platinum — for 2019-2021 with an almost perfect score of 96 percent. Only 15 other facilities reached Platinum status during this period.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The certification is the result of a continuous process consisting of six to ten visits per year by a Timken Certified auditor, who looks at all aspects of gearbox rebuilding in the shop, in addition to general shop maintenance. A complete audit every two years results in a certification status.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">According to the award letter sent to Atlanta Gear Works President Jack Conway, Atlanta Gear Works received its highest scores in the following areas:&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?Lifting tools&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?<a href="https://www.wswbearings.com/products/catalogue.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>Bearing</strong></span></a> inspection area&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?TRB’s rotated during adjustment&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?Verification for bearing seating&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?Bearing fitting practices adequate on TRB’s, SRB’s, CRB’s, BB’s&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?Inner and outer race seats inspected for size and form&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?Housings and shafts properly cleaned prior to bearing installation&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?12-point inspection completed on shafts and housings and tracked for&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">each job&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?Calibration of tools&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">?Overall cleanliness&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">“They’ve been in it since 2013, and they consistently get better with every shop audit,” said Timken Certified auditor Allan Johnson.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Shop certification provides our customers with the confidence that every gearbox we build for them is built to the highest bearing standards to extend the life of the <a href="https://www.wswbearings.com/products/catalogue.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>bearing</strong></span></a>,” said Conway.&nbsp;</p><p><br/></p>