Linda has been with us for over 27 years, working in the accounting department covering payroll and accounts payable. She takes great pride in helping our customers and vendors. With 27 years 
at the Company, she has worked with many great people over the years. Some of her fondest memories include working with Claud Thompson, who founded the Company in 1952. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, traveling, and browsing flea markets and antique malls.
Archives for May 2017
New Lathe at Decatur Industrial Electric
Decatur Industrial Electric has added another lathe to our shop floor.
38″ swing x 157″ long.
NEMA Motor 101
Decatur Industrial Electric puts on various training sessions throughout the year. One of our most popular training classes is “NEMA Motor 101” presented by our own Jeff Meyer, Director of Industrial Solutions. Today, the presentation was held on-site at a customer location.
Jeff takes the participants through various items, such as:
- How does a motor run?
- History of NEMA motors
- Enclosures
- Nameplate designations
- NEMA vs IEC Motors
- Variable freqency nameplates
- And more.
Leading American Paper Company Saved $150K in Emergency Downtime
Decatur Industrial has taken the lead in helping the reliability of a regional paper mill and their (DC) preventative maintenance program. As part of our value-added services, we perform a visual inspection of the motors prior to any scheduled plant outage.
Visual inspection is often overlooked as an effective preventative maintenance tool. Our specialists are trained in recognizing signs of deterioration or developing problems through a visual inspection while the motor is in operation.
During inspection, Decatur Industrial, along with the brush manufacturer who supplies the brushes for the DC motors, found an 800 HP DC motor showing major issues on the brush/commutator – it was about to fail and needed to be changed out as soon as possible.
This discovery saved unnecessary production downtime as a proactive scheduled replacement was able to be installed during a routine machine outage. This proactive inspection also prevented a catastrophic run-to-failure, very expensive repair.