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1000 HP Motor Redesign

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 competitor, our new customer sent in orders for two 1000 HP motors. One was a large, low speed crusher motor for rebuild and reconditioning. The other order was for a replacement spare fan drive motor that was obsolete and no longer produced. Bill Roper, our salesman in northern OH, located a used motor that was the correct frame and RPM. The [...]

1000 HP Motor Redesign2026-04-14T10:22:39-04:00

1000 HP Challenge

We have a saying that “if you are not making mistakes, you are not doing much.” Well, that holds true for our customers, as well. Recently, a customer connected a 1000 HP DC motor improperly and the motor was operated until the field and interpole coils failed. Dan Sneary inspected the motor out on-site and determined the windings had failed. The customer did not have a spare motor so this job turned into a full overtime repair job. Bill Roper handled all of the customer communications so our shop could concentrate on the repair work and meeting a one-week deadline. This [...]

1000 HP Challenge2019-09-10T16:00:18-04:00
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