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Winding Redesign

An employee owned manufacturer in NW Ohio had a critical GE 400/200 HP large frame two speed Mill motor failure. After we received and inspected the motor, the form coil winding had failed. This was the first winding failure on this motor in 30 yrs. Unfortunately they had no spare. The search began for an E-OK motor to rebuild in order to reduce the downtime based on the time required for a form coil re-wind. Six motors were potential replacements but all would require major field motor base and fitment requirements. During a discussion with the customer they stated the 400 [...]

Aluminum Foil Plant Preventative Maintenance

One of Louisville’s largest customers pro- duces aluminum foil. Manufacturing foil starts with aluminum rolls up to 1/2” thick. This plant takes the ½” thick thru mill 6, which reduces the foil thickness to less than 0.100” thickness. From mill 6, the rolls are rolled thinner in mills 3-4-5. After several passes thru these mills, the rolls go to mill 1-2 to roll to thickness required for commercial or residential use. Standard household or standard duty aluminum foil is 0.00063” thick and extra heavy duty foil is 0.00094” thick. Both thinner than 1 thousandth of an inch. Rolling aluminum foil this [...]