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A company that raises seed corn has two large locations in Northern Indiana. They bring in the corn during harvest season every August to October when its on the ear, which means its wet. The company dries the corn and shells it on site. The company then sells the seed to farmers to grow the following year. These facilities have a bunch of large belt driven fans that are used for the drying process. One plant has 24 and the other 48. Since the facilities only run a few months a year, they sit idle the rest of the year. They don’t want to leave the belt tension on the machines when they are not in operation so they remove the belts during the off season and re-install before harvest. This is where Horner comes in. Our Field Service team comes in and laser aligns the sheaves and tensions the belts every year. They check the balance on each fan and collect vibration data to look for defects. The machines are ready and in good working condition for harvest season!