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Around the Clock Needed to Finish Complete Rebuild of Large Motor
Derek H.
Engineer
Dow Corp.
A large Reliance motor required complete rebuild, including machining shaft extension, customer required around the clock service, completed in 30 hours.
Emergency service was requested by customer for a large, "special" Reliance motor, shaft extension was worn .010, complete rebuild of motor and returned in 24 hours.
"Great job on the turnaround. Thanks for taking good care of us."
This is for a 4,000HP, 2-pole (3600rpm) rotor. Ron, with the assistance of Steve and John, is heating it up to 1,300 degrees (shown here) to melt the solder so they can slip on the new copper rings, which were manufactured by York.