cement motor

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

Cement Plant Raw Mill Motors

A Cement Plant in Louisville decided to purchase a spare 4500 Hp motor for their Raw Mill to back up a motor that had been in operation for years. A Raw Mill is a piece of equipment used to grind up materials into a raw mix during the manufacture of cement. The raw mix is then fed to a kiln, which transforms it into clinker, which is then ground to make cement in the cement mill. The company did their due diligence and sought out quotes for a replacement motor. When all of the quotes came back, they were surprised at [...]

Cement Plant Raw Mill Motors2021-02-17T19:59:21-05:00

From Scrap To Like New

A brick manufacturer had a large fan that pulls air, brick and cement dust thru an overhead duct system into a bag house then through the fan and up a stack. The baghouse requires cleaning frequently and during the cleaning cycle the baghouse is bypassed and the material goes through the fan. This causes buildup on the fan blades and thus an imbalance and vibration. The vibration is so severe it cracks the motor base, bearing base and fan housing. The customer has attempted to deal with this by filling the fan base with concrete, welding large angle iron to the [...]

From Scrap To Like New2019-09-03T20:16:15-04:00
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