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Motor rewinds with dip and bake are cost effective measures

The rewind of an industrial electric motor can often be an effective cost measure for a customer. When excessive heat causes damage or failure of a motor’s insulation system, there is no need to run out and buy a new motor. Motor rewinding gets the motor back in good working

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Now Hiring!

CMT is now hiring for two positions: lifting magnet manager/sales engineer and CNC operator/manual machinist. Check out our job postings on Indeed.com.

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What’s CMT?

Nope, we aren’t that CMT…Country Music Television. We’re pretty sure you don’t want any of us to sing you a song. CMT is your one-stop service center providing electrical, mechanical, machining and field services to industrial and commercial companies throughout the United States and abroad. We’ve done work at steel

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What? Magnets are 2,500 years old?

Scrap yard magnets are made from coiled wire. When an electric current flows through the wire, a magnetic field is generated. When the current ends, it stops being a magnet. Ancient civilizations learned about magnetism from lodestones, which are naturally magnetized pieces of iron ore. Lodestones were suspended to turn

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Crane brakes, magnet take-up reels repaired at CMT

Before the invention of cranes, how were tourist attractions such as Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza created? In early years, stones were dragged with sledges, ropes, ramps and levers. The pulley was invented by ancient Mesopotamians for hoisting water. The Romans built temples with winches. By the end of

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CMT is now hiring

City Machine Technologies, Inc. has been in operation since 1985 providing a variety of services to heavy industries throughout the United States and abroad. The electrical, mechanical, machining and lifting magnet capabilities of four highly specialized divisions combine to make us the single source solution for industrial repairs. CMT is

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