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Decatur Industrial Electric Announces Addition to Customer Reliability Team

Decatur Industrial Electric is pleased to announce Jason Wilkins has joined the company as a Reliability Specialist. Wilkins is an accomplished account manager who has proven experience in industrial B2B sales in the electro-mechanical service sector.  

In his new role, Wilkins will be working with current and prospective customers in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

“Jason is an outstanding addition to our team and brings a wealth of knowledge from his previous positions in sales and account management,” said Rich Brunner, Director of Strategic Accounts. “Having him on board allows us to grow our customer base and expand our footprint in new markets.”

Leaking Vertical Motor. What’s the Cause?

When a motor is pulled from storage and installed, it is frustrating to the customer when there is an immediate problem. In this case, the customer had a leaking vertical motor starting from the install date. It had been rebuilt by another motor repair shop prior and the customer did not understand what was causing the problem.

D.I.E was engaged and performed a disassembly and evaluation to try and find the root cause. We found the oil sight glass used on the upper bearing was not marked correctly. In addition, the motor had a lubrication specification ID tag that was not correct to the motor or reservoir sizes, lending itself to operator error.

After researching the OEM motor specifications, we added the correct oil capacity information next to a new, correctly sized, sight glass. We also removed the lubrication ID tag that was no longer correct. The savings from avoiding this occurrence again is close to $15,000 per incident.  

 

Interested in more information on this subject?

 Read our previously published TECH TIP: Oil Level of Vertical Machines.