WHEN A MARKET LEADER IN PAINT shop design and manufacture experienced an untimely and frustrating paint shop fan breakdown during a crucial production run in its busy workshop, it turned to Gibbons Engineering Group for help.
The client advised that returning the fan to normal operation was urgent and that downtime must be kept to an absolute minimum, so the immediate collection of the fan from Milton Keynes was arranged.
The fan was inspected, and the motor was found to have an earth fault. The fan had seen plenty of service, resulting in a significant build-up of debris on the impeller blades.
Gibbons’ engineering team stripped the fan to its component parts, ready for repair. Whilst the special fan motor went through its in-house rewind shop for repairs, the other parts were shot blasted and coated with a hard-wearing finish ready for reassembly.
The fan was rebuilt and tested before the entire assembly was returned to the customer.
If the uniquely designed motor had been replaced rather than repaired, a leadtime of 13 weeks would have been required, but Gibbons was able to return the plant to service within just a few days.
Engineering Services Manager, Matthew Gibbons, was delighted with the outcome: “We understand that a paint shop fan breakdown can be a very stressful and costly situation for our customer, who is naturally concerned that its production could be interrupted for weeks. Therefore, it’s always satisfying to be able to turn a repair round in such a short time and get our customer’s plant up and running.”
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