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An ethanol facility that processes corn into fuel recently upgraded a critical chiller application with the installation of a 1000 HP, 4160V Benshaw medium-voltage soft starter. What began as a transformer repair discussion ultimately evolved into a full system improvement [...]

Horner Field Service was recently asked to troubleshoot a vibration issue with a combine. The call came in to Ralph Coonce on a Thursday afternoon. It didn’t take long for Ralph to determine that he was going to send me. [...]

A 400HP WEG motor on the hydraulic power unit of a plant’s main mixer failed due to a catastrophic drive-end (DE) bearing issue. The bearing failure generated sparks and halted the production of raw rubber critical for automotive products. With [...]

Horner completed a challenging repair and installation project for a cement manufacturer,showcasing our team’s dedication and expertise in the face of extreme conditions. The project centered on repairing a 72” fan and shaft assembly essential to the operation of a [...]

Indianapolis Field Service went on site to look at a gearbox problem toward the end of last year. What we found was not one, but two cooling towers had experienced failures of the old gearboxes at the center of the [...]

A customer reached out to Horner Fan and Fabrication with a significant challenge—a completely destroyed air handler wheel that had already been unsuccessfully repaired by another vendor. Despite attempts to fabricate a new wheel, the customer continued to face balance [...]

Horner Industrial, Springfield OH division, has recently acquired two large customers from one competitor, who fell from grace by not meeting the service expectations of the customers. One of these customers is a large cement processing facility. After firing our [...]

EMDS was called to evaluate the E51FN05 Fan, at an aggregate plant, which had been running smoothly until a defect in the fan bearings necessitated their replacement. Continued abnormal motion was detected around the unit, prompting EMDS to acquire and [...]

When Mark Rosebrock (Indy Field Service) received an urgent call before even arriving at the shop, he knew it was going to be a challenging day. A major paper plant in Ohio had been down for nearly a week, with [...]