Many of our customers find significant value in our “turn-key” services that we provide for industrial equipment repair. Below, we have provided 2 examples that incorporate all aspects of our on-site capabilities!
Long Island, NY
The Bliss press, pictured below, required significant repair after a mechanical failure resulted in a cracked frame and a bent crankshaft.
Our on-site turn-key service provided: all rigging and tear-down, metal locking of the cracked frame, in-situ line boring of the main bearing journals and caps, repairing the crankshaft and machining custom bronze bearings to match, reassembly of all mechanicals and finally testing for correct operation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
This repair was covered in full by our customer’s equipment insurance policy. This on-time, on-budget repair will result in decades of additional press life.
Nitro, West Virginia
This customer approached us with a typical gear wear problem. The bull gears on 2 of their ball mills were worn and missing teeth in several areas which was leading to drive-train problems and failing gearboxes.
Each “turn-key” repair included: rigging/blocking the ball mill, removing the babbitted bearing and concrete pedestal, removing the old gear, installing the new gear via resistance heating, fabricating and installing a new steel pedestal (grouting & anchoring), babbitting and machining the bearing saddle, lining up the new drive gearbox, relining the hopper with 10 ga. steel, fabricating a new auger trough and finally testing for correct operation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each project was completed in 9 days, both exactly on schedule. Metal Locking Service completed all work; no subcontractors were used.
Elyria, Ohio
Sometimes tried and true machinery just needs an upgrade. The pictures below detail 1 of 5 Perkins Mixers that MLS has rebuilt within the last 2 years. Original gear drives were replaced with variable speed drives. All new bearings, packing and refurbished paddles were installed. Run-in tests prove correct operation along with bearing and packing performance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
