westinghouse motor repair

Cement Plant Finish Mill Project

The electric motor plays a crucial role in the operation of a cement ball mill. It provides the power necessary to rotate the mill’s cylinder, which contains grinding media such as steel balls. This rotation of the cylinder causes the grinding media to cascade and grind the raw materials or clinker inside the mill into fine powder. The motor’s power and efficiency directly impact the performance and productivity of the cement ball mill. A properly sized motor with sufficient power ensures that the mill can handle the required load and maintain the desired rotation speed. Additionally, the motor’s reliability and durability [...]

Cement Plant Finish Mill Project2025-01-15T13:28:15-05:00

2000 HP Aluminum Plant DC Motors

An Aluminum Rolling and Recycling plant, a good Horner customer in Terre Haute brought Todd Cochran (Sales) a problem/ or opportunity to Indianapolis Field Service. The customer has two, 2,000 HP DC motors coupled together, to deliver 4,000 HP to their mill. These motors are about 5-6 foot square, and 10 feet long each. The inside motor, the one coupled between the mill and the second motor, failed and had to be replaced with a spare. This is not something they can shut down for a couple of days. Of course this happens when the Indianapolis Field Service group is working [...]

2000 HP Aluminum Plant DC Motors2021-01-08T23:55:43-05:00

Pallet/Mulch Manufacturer Rescue

A Saturday at midnight Horner rep Dennis Cardwell received a call from a local pallet/mulch maker saying that their 750 HP motor had broken the shaft. Dennis set into motion after hours to see if a motor could be located only to find the motor was a special OEM build and we could not quote the motor. Not being satisfied with this Dennis contacted Craig Hallett (Inside Sales Manager) for a meeting to see if we could find a motor that would come close and perhaps do some modifications. As it turns out we located a stock 800HP TECO-Westinghouse motor with [...]

Pallet/Mulch Manufacturer Rescue2020-03-05T19:33:38-05:00
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