Keep your Gin Up !!!
A Gin manufacturer in Lancashire experienced a production shutdown because two spring loaded Platform assemblies had seized and jammed the filling machine. The internal shafts of the machine had also bent. The breakdown occurred at 8pm on Monday and was taken back to Arrow’s workshop. Luckily, Arrow had spares in stock from a previous repair. The assemblies consisted of a 3 ft compressed spring, locked in with an end plate. Great care needed to be taken because when these are taken apart the spring fly’s out with great force. New end plates were manufactured and assembled with shafts, bearings and seals from stock to make the broken platforms like new. The Filling machine was back up and running by 8pm on Tuesday, producing one of the company’s’ new Alcohol-Free Gin’s.
A gin manufacturer in Lancashire experienced a production shutdown because two spring loaded platform assemblies had seized and jammed the filling machine. The internal shafts of the machine had also bent. The breakdown occurred at 8pm on Monday and the machine was taken back to Arrow’s workshop.
Luckily, Arrow had spares in stock from a previous repair. The assemblies consisted of a 3ft compressed spring, locked in with an end plate. Great care needed to be taken, because when these are taken apart the spring flies out with great force. New end plates were manufactured and assembled with shafts, bearings and seals from stock to make the broken platforms like new.
The filling machine was back up and running by 8pm on Tuesday, producing one of the company’s new alcohol-free gins.
Breakdown occurred, machine collected
Compressed spring platform assemblies
Shafts, bearings & seals already held
Back in production
Holding the right spares in stock from previous jobs is exactly what turns a 24-hour shutdown into a one-day repair — getting this production line, and a new product launch, back on track within 24 hours.
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