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Food Company Saves $4,000 in Three Weeks
Falcon HTC® Delivers Multiple
Savings and Increased Productivity
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Industry:
- SIC Major Group 20 – Food & Consumer
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Location:
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Wilkesboro, NC
Situation:
Application: Exhaust Fan
Current System: BX42 Classical V-belt
Due to the steam and oil present in a critical plant application, the belts in use were failing prematurely. Weekly replacement was causing unnecessary downtime, lost productivity and increased maintenance expenses.
Solution:
With the help of Veyance Technologies belt drive analysis program MaximizerPro™, a synchronous belt solution using a Goodyear Engineered Products Falcon HTC 8GTR-1440-21 and sprockets was selected. The replacement drive ran for nearly two years – eliminating the various complications that were experienced due to the original weekly replacement.
Not only did the replacement belt last two full years without replacement, facility acknowledged over $4,000 in productivity gains with reduced downtime in the first three weeks. The projected savings over the two-year life of the belt are well over $100,000.x
Real Results:
- Improved Energy Savings
- Increased Productivity
- Reduced Maintenance Labor
- Reduced Maintenance Cost
- Reduced Belt Slippage
- Cost Savings
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