A primary mill drive failed on a Friday night. We had the gearbox in our shop by Sunday, machined replacement housings and shafts in-house, and had the mill running again inside eleven days against a quoted six-week lead time from the OEM.
The Challenge
The OEM quoted a six-week replacement lead time against a plant losing significant revenue every day it stayed down.
Our Solution
We reverse-engineered the housing and shafts from the failed unit and machined replacements ourselves, running the shop around the clock.