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"I Need These Replacement Wear Parts . . . Yesterday!"
As a manufacturer of critical replacement wear
parts for mining, construction, aggregate, and other
heavy-service applications, we often get urgent calls
from site managers and operators who need replacement
wear parts immediately. Sometimes, it’s because there
was a mishap, or a part wore faster than expected.
More often, the OEM has just stopped making replacement
parts for that equipment. So, now what? The options
are to attempt a repair, pay a huge premium and wait
weeks to have the parts custom-cast . . . or let
Wellsville handle it. Wellsville’s specialty is engineering and manufacturing,
on a fast-track basis, highest quality, long-life replacement
wear parts that “start” with OEM quality – and generally
out-perform it. (Sometimes significantly!) As a result,
Wellsville replacement wear parts can not only extend
equipment life, but reduce downtime by extending the
intervals between replacements.
An Ohio manufacturer of round steel bar was using
Class 30 gray iron guides in a 2-roll straightening operation.
The operation consumed a casting every 8-hour shift.
By using guides cast from Wellsville WD3 material,
the service life of the casting was increased to
80 hours – 10 shifts, instead of one!
And there’s more: Wellcast 1, a new material from
Wellsville developed for replacement wear parts in
service centers and similar environments, has been
shown , in preliminary field trials, to out-perform WD3
by a factor of 3 to 4, depending on the application.
The achievable savings, in dollars and downtime,
for this Ohio manufacturer, and hundreds of other
users of replacement wear parts throughout the US,
cannot be overstated.
Saving on replacement wear parts is everyone’s
priority today. Equally important is extending the
productive life of critical equipment, by keeping it
running within its specifications. Wellsville’s design,
manufacturing and metallurgical teams have a wealth
of experience in strategies to help companies maximize
the productivity and service life of capital equipment.
Today, for a wide array of replacement wear parts,
and particularly in a business environment where
profitability can depend on getting the most service
from your capital investments, there is no need for
working equipment to be “orphaned” because
replacement parts were unavailable, or obsolete. Wellsville’s commitment is to get your equipment
back in service faster, and to earn your replacement
wear parts business for many years to come.
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