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Competition Roller Failure

Problem: Plant personnel was complaining about having to hand-carry large and heavy steel rollers. Our competition designed an aluminum roller, thinking this would eliminate the issue. The problem was, the aluminum rollers failed prematurely, and caused a new issue in price and increased change out. Solution: We designed and field-tested a roller that provided an overall […]

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Drive Pulley With Custom Tapered Shaft

Problem: Our Iron Ore mining customer was faced with replacing their main drive pulley, which has been in service for nearly 25 years. This drive pulley feeds iron ore for the entire plant and was critical to their daily production. Any downtime/problems with this pulley would cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost production.

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Gear Box and Screw Combo

Problem: The customer was experiencing gearbox failures every 6 months. Downtime and maintenance expenses were costly. Solution: We constructed and completely refurbished the entire shaftless screw conveyor set-up. Including a new shaftless screw with a trough and mount to accept the new drive. This eliminated all maintenance downtime; NO gearbox oil changes!

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