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A chemical plant was using standard motors and was looking to improve efficiency and reduce their total operating costs. By using the Baldor Super-E® Premium efficient motors, the plant was able to take advantage of energy savings at the facility. Although the initial product cost was more, the amount saved in energy usage enables this plant to run more efficiently and yields a reduction in operating costs.

A local Oriented Strand Board manufacturer was having problems with the second pass outfeed roll on their saw line. Their shafts were wearing in such a way that they created heavy vibration during operation. Not only did the shafts have to be replaced about every six months, but the bearings had to be replaced every four months. However, taking advantage of reduced downtime and material costs associated with GRIP TIGHT bearings, a savings potential of more than $60,000 in the first year has made this equipment change an obvious solution. After six months of use, it is clear that almost $48,000 in savings has already been realized due to NO downtime events occurring since the install.

Domtar’s Marlboro Mill has an annual paper production capacity of up to 389,000 tons. Domtar had the option of using a 3,000 HP motor for its boiler-feed water pump system; however, it chose to use dual-tandem Baldor•Reliance 1,500 HP variable speed, totally enclosed, blower-cooled AC motors. This engineered solution fit the existing electrical supply, so no changes had to be made to the transformers supplying power.

Process Machinery designed and built an extremely flexible plant with a comprehensive blending system that allows the plant to make a full gamut of products. CEO David Miles says his company stuck tried and true to its values and principles when designing this new plant, and that meant specifying Baldor•Reliance and Baldor•Dodge products. By taking a total cost of ownership approach, Miles believes Bluegrass Materials has a plant that will run for a very long time. Considered the industry standard, Baldor’s Dodge Torque-Arm II shaft-mounted speed reducers were selected for the project because of the product’s proven performance and long-term reliability. The patented sealing system uses an HNBR oil seal protected by a metal excluder seal with rubbing lip, making this reducer a perfect fit for the harsh-duty industry.

Argonaut Gold Inc., a Canadian gold mining company, acquired its El Castillo gold mine in 2010. Mine officials wanted a packaged solution that would provide a smooth, soft start but was also powerful enough to pull a heavily loaded belt up 1,890 feet with a 226-foot lift. The solution: a Baldor•Dodge® MagnaGear® right-angle reducer and a custom 500 HP Baldor•Reliance® motor with an integrated backstop, mounted on a heavy-duty swing base. A Baldor•Dodge fluid coupling provides the soft start. The rest of the Baldor•Dodge package includes a custom-engineered moment coupling, MDX® pulleys and bearings.

Caloris Engineering, LLC specializes in thermal process engineering, and the design and fabrication of evaporation systems that concentrate both sanitary and nonsanitary liquids. A drip-proof, forced-ventilated Baldor•Reliance RPM AC motor with a permanent magnet rotor was selected to power the proprietary turbofan technology on the Caloris Concentrix™ 200 evaporator. RPM AC motors feature a unique laminated steel, square-frame construction and a premium insulation system to provide ultimate torque performance in a compact package. RPM AC motors can be designed for specific horsepowers and speeds to provide the ultimate in system matched performance.

Toledo's water treatment plant was required to change aging and outdated equipment being used in a key purification process. So when funds became available for an upgrade, plant management turned to a trusted local distributor to help them find a high-performance solution that was easy to use, easy to maintain and energy efficient. Once new solution made with Baldor was applied, McClure says, the benefits of the new package were obvious, like the precise control they achieved with the Baldor drives. He says the drives are a hit with the maintenance staff because they are user-friendly, which makes it easy to vary the speed of the flocculators. But it’s the way the drives can help them prevent problems that really got McClure’s attention.

Stelex Construction Equipment, manufacturer of the renowned Hercules range of trommels, has standardized on Baldor•Dodge Imperial™ ISN mounted spherical roller bearings for its new HT182M road-going trommel. Launched at Hillhead 2010, the HT182M is already generating a very high level of interest in the quarrying industry. The HT182M road-going trommel is the ideal solution for cleaning and sizing quarried stone, regardless of location. The machine’s integrated low loader trailer enables it to be driven to the exact point of need on-site.

Flexco’s new 120,000-lb.-capacity test rig measures 24 feet high and 12 feet wide and weighs approximately 60,000 lbs. Baldor engineers worked with the Flexco engineering team to ensure the optimal horsepower of the Baldor•Reliance® Super-E® motor and the Baldor•Dodge® MagnaGear™ reducer. Baldor engineers also specified the Baldor•Dodge Hydraulic ISAF bearing and the design and specification of the six engineered pulleys used on the test rig.

It was very stressful for Paragon Products when its key motor manufacturer eliminated production of one critical Paragon product. What could have been a major setback to the business turned out to be the best thing that could have happened because Paragon Products found a new supplier that would become the true partner it had been looking for. Its new partner, Baldor. made everything runs smoothly. Paragon officials say Baldor employees have done a great job in the special handling that is required to keep all the surfaces smooth for the Paragon product. A minor imperfection can have serious consequences for a motor in a fuel pump, and officials say they are impressed with the way Baldor employees pay attention to all the right details.

More than 70 years ago in rural Georgia, Lewis M. Carter developed the concept for the modern peanut sheller. Today, 100 percent of the U.S. peanut crop and a large percentage of the almond crop is processed by LMC equipment. LMC officials say they chose Baldor as their global partner because they can rely on them for the whole gamut of electrical and mechanical products. Product quality and reliability was another factor that convinced LMC to choose Baldor as its global partner.

Since being installed in the fall of 2009, Quantis right-angle helical bevel (RHB) reducers, coupled with Baldor•Reliance® Super-E® premium efficient explosion proof motors, have performed flawlessly. Basin Electric Power Plant & Leland Olds Station Maintenance team members say these units run great and only require regularly scheduled maintenance. Soma, the supervisor at Leland Olds Station, reports that he and his team are enjoying maintaining the plant without the panic they experienced in the past from constantly failing gearboxes.

Overland Conveying Systems used a total of 10 Baldor•Dodge MagnaGear XTR reducers throughout the Armstrong Coal project. The OEM chose the heavy duty reducer because of its reliable, compact, power-dense design. Each reducer is connected to a Baldor•Reliance® Mining Industry motor with a Baldor•Dodge GRID-LIGN™ coupling.

Holcim (US) Inc. is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of cement. In addition to increasing the plant’s overall efficiency, the company built the new plant with reliability in mind in order to reduce maintenance costs. Because large AC motors are used in the most critical applications in the new plant, the company officials chose to install Baldor•Reliance large AC motors. After more than nine years in operation, the team that’s responsible for keeping the plant up and running says the company made the right choice. They also say that the Baldor's motors are so dependable the repair people no longer get any work from them.

U.S. Geothermal Inc. is a leading renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy. They chose Baldor motors for their dry cooling air-cooled condensers because of efficiency, low cost of ownership and promised reliability. Realizing the benefits that can be achieved with Baldor motors, they also installed large-diameter fans and Baldor cooling tower motors at its San Emidio plant in Nevada.

Once the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) released, Baldor advised to motor buyers to determine if even more efficiency could be competitively advantageous for the motor applications. Also they introduced their highest efficiency models, the Baldor/Reliance Super-Emotors, which exceed EISA requirements.

Benton Foundry standardized on Baldor•Reliance Super-E motors after searching for the most energy efficient product they could find. Foundry officials say after looking at a variety of motors from a number of manufacturers, they chose the Super-E because of the merits of the motor and because Baldor brought more to the table. New dust collectors installed at the Benton Foundry are powered by Baldor•Reliance Super-E motors. The return air moves through HEPA filters and heats the facility in the winter months and directs the warm air outside during the summer. The project has resulted in a six-figure reduction in heating costs, while markedly improving comfort in the foundry.

Thirty-four years ago, James L. Nerenhausen started his process and packaging conveyor engineering and manufacturing business, Nercon Eng. & Mfg., Inc., in an empty gas station in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Rick Nowak with Kurz Electric Solutions in Neenah, Wisconsin, called on the account from day one, standardizing them on Baldor•Reliance® motors and drives and Baldor•Dodge® power transmission products.

Ohio Wastewater Treatment Plant was required to have an expansion project replacing an old VLRs. Warren County officials chose Baldor equipment. VLRs are an aerobic biological treatment process that utilizes large discs that are continually rotated to move wastewater and impart oxygen for aeration. Warren County officials was satisfied with Baldor's product, so they decided to take Baldor's System-1 package. They believe that this solution saved a substantial amount of money.

When Aggregate Systems got the job to build more than 55 customer conveyors for the Mesabi Nugget plant, it chose to partner with distributor Transmission & Fluid Equipment and standardize on Baldor•Reliance and Baldor•Dodge products. They believe that Baldor not only has the best quality of the products in the industry, but also makes them feel like they are doing business together as one team.

Corcoran Concrete, located in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, was eager to find a solution for poorly performing bearings and gearboxes in the quarry’s sand production area. Here, bearings were failing as often as three times a year, with gearboxes typically lasting only 12 months. In some cases, products had to be removed by force, causing damage in the process. In these cases, the material costs were dwarfed by the day’s downtime needed to make repairs. After they changed their bearings to Dodge's products, overall reliability of production improved.

Alba's equipment is heavy-duty and robust. They provide welded structural steel versus those who use bolt-together construction. They also focus on flexible service and providing solutions. Using Baldor•Reliance motors and Baldor•Dodge Tigear-2 reducers is just one more level of quality that differentiates them in the marketplace.

Bush's Best has been looking for the best motors, gearboxes and bearings for the plant expansion project at the Chestnut Hill facility. After they finished a research, they believed that they needed to specify Baldor•Reliance and Dodge products. Baldor•Reliance motors and Dodge TIGEAR-2 reducers are used on high-speed can conveyors throughout the Bush Bean facility. The reasons are clear for the maintenance team - the products perform under extreme conditions with little or no maintenance.

The Malteurop Group, the world’s leading malt producer headquartered in Reims, France, has perfected the precise control required to produce premium quality malt barley. The vice president decided all 12 malting beds needed to be upgraded, replacing aging equipment with more reliable and more efficient technology. Based on the success of the other Baldor products used on the germination beds, the Malteurop team asked Baldor for a reliable gearing solution for their screw conveyor applications.

With more than 1,800 acres, the granite quarry has at least another 100 years of use. However, because the quarry is nestled in a narrow canyon on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains 50 miles west of Denver, the Walstrum facility had outgrown the space. With a new design for an expansion plan, they had to change their products. With his desire to build a plant that will last for the next 60 to 70 years, Frei wasn’t looking to buy the cheapest products; instead, he wanted products with proven performance and dependability. And since he had a wealth of experience with Baldor•Dodge Torque-Arm™ gearing, the choice for all the mechanical products was clear.

A coffee manufacturing facility in New Orleans was having chronic leaking issues on their gearboxes. The local distributor’s Account Manager and Baldor Sales Engineer were called upon to resolve the issue. The product solution was the Adaptable (3-Piece Coupled) Tigear-2, and it has been operating for a year, leak and problem free.

A coffee manufacturing facility in New Orleans was making considerations on a new motor for their three Induced Draft (ID) Fans on the process end of the operation. Repairs had become frequent, and there was a decision to be made on repairing the motors or purchasing new motors.The local distributor representative and Baldor worked together with the manufacturer to select the Baldor•Reliance XEX motor. The investment of purchasing a NEMA Premium™ efficient motor over a standard energy efficient paid off very quickly. Energy Savings for the first year yielded a savings of over $9,700, and is over $29,000 for the first three years.

A Forest Products facility located in northern Wisconsin installed additional conveyors for their wood siding product. The Rexnord Planetgear was specified as standard equipment. The Rex Mercury was the smallest case size available for the application, therefore alternative solutions were requested. By using DODGE QUANTIS, the customer saved money on the initial purchase, and will continue to save money by reducing the need for other components. The conveyors were installed in late 2003, and are still running, problem free.

Baldor understands the criticality of providing uninterrupted water supply and have designed mechanical power transmission products and solutions for high performance and superior reliability. Our products are built to perform dependably under conditions such as constant moisture, extreme temperatures, and chemical exposure. Baldor is also committed to offering products and services for wastewater issus. Its corrosion resistant materials and coatings, along with advanced sealing technologies were developed with demanding wastewater applications in mind.