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Local Bakery Losing Production

We were called out at 10pm on Saturday by a local Bakery where they were losing production because the Timing Pulley on their Check Weigher had failed. The pulley was Aluminium and driving a 32mm wide timing belt, the aluminium teeth had worn due to the torque and continuous use, causing the belt to slip and then not driving the Check weigher. After identifying the pulley, Arrow manufactured 2 new pulleys out of Stainless Steel and the Check Weigher was back up and running for 2pm on Sunday.

Overview

We were called out at 10pm on Saturday by a local bakery where they were losing production because the timing pulley on their check weigher had failed. The pulley was aluminium and driving a 32mm wide timing belt; the aluminium teeth had worn due to the torque and continuous use, causing the belt to slip and then stop driving the check weigher.

After identifying the pulley, Arrow manufactured two new pulleys out of stainless steel, and the check weigher was back up and running by 2pm on Sunday.

Stainless steel timing belt pulleys

Sat, 10pm

Call out received

2 pulleys

Manufactured in stainless steel

32mm

Timing belt width

Sun, 2pm

Check weigher back in production

By upgrading from aluminium to stainless steel, the new pulleys are built to handle the torque and continuous use that wore out the originals — a same-weekend fix that also solves the underlying problem for the future.

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