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Predictive maintenance programs head off problems before they start

Stay a leg up on costly repairs with a predictive maintenance program. A predictive maintenance program can be tailored for your company to suit your needs and budget while keeping your equipment running. Predictive maintenance programs can diagnose, track, monitor and trend equipment by detecting conditions that show up before

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Your place or ours? CMT can repair your industrial gearboxes

Industrial gearboxes run the world. Industrial gearboxes are often used to control the equipment that manufacturers steel and pipe mills. Gearboxes may increase speed, decrease speed or manufacture torque required to drive a larger piece of equipment. Some industrial gearboxes can be serviced in a gearbox repair shop, such as

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Motors run the world

There are very few places in the world where an industrial electric motor isn’t working behind-the-scenes. Industrial electric motors can be found in all shapes and sizes and have many different purposes. Electric motors can move air, generate electricity or supply drinking water. Some electric motors are expected to perform

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Technical services abound with scrap yard magnets, bearings and brakes

Some unique technical services that set CMT apart from others include: Gear Inspection: CMT can inspect and provide NDT certification on customer’s existing gears and geared apparatus. Machining large parts: CMT has two 112” mills, which are former World War II-era machines, originally used for making tank turrets, now have

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Babbitt bearings power heavy industrial equipment

Heavy industrial machinery relies on Babbitt bearings. Babbitt bearings are sleeve bearings that are made with certain types of alloys. These alloys are melted down and cast to make the bearing surface. Babbitt bearings are used for compressors, turbines, electric motors and large power generators. Babbitt bearings are also called

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Technical services: Non Destructive Testing for specialty manufacturing

Manufacturing firms often require non-destructive testing services (or NDT) to verify the quality of their products. When used at periodic check points, non-destructive testing services can assist a manufacturer to monitor and maintain quality. The NDT process helps to determine suitability for use of manufactured goods. CMT is currently supplying

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