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CMT wins city beautification award
CMT is proud to be a business winner in the ninth annual Youngstown CityScape beautification awards. Sharon Letson, executive director of Youngstown CityScape, said CMT has “an impeccable kept lawn and fun yard art.”
Thank a Veteran today
If you enjoy your freedom, please thank one of our very own CMT veterans today! We thank them for their service to our great country! Roger A. — USAF Ed — Navy Dave H. — Army Tim M. — Army Steve M. — Army Mike P. — Army Doug R. — USAF
Electric motors are the driving force of industry
Industrial electric motors are used in a wide variety of applications. If industry needs to move something, there is often an electric motor as the driving force. Electric motors come in all shapes and sizes. Many are designed to be rewound in order to extend the life of the equipment and also the process for […]
Potato. Potatoe. Centrifugal castings. Babbitt Bearings.
Babbitt bearings are integral to all heavy industrial machinery. Babbitt bearings are sleeve bearings made of certain types of alloys, which are melted down and cast to produce the bearing surface. Babbitt bearings are used for high speed, rotating equipment, such as compressors, turbines, electric motors and large power generators (like those in power plants). The […]
Purchase a new lifting scrap magnet
Industry is seeing a trend in the number of new lifting scrap magnets being manufactured. There has been a reduction in the amount of weld and steel in many scrap handling lifting magnets. The case walls and outer poles have been thinned and accept less punishment than in the past. Some of this is due to […]
Specialty equipment repaired for power generation plants
Motors are often designed for specialty work and many are found in public utility power generation plants. This example may resemble a flying saucer at first look, but in fact is a purpose-built 2500 HP motor designed to drive a low-speed circulating water pump. These motors are part of a permanent installation and can be […]
CMT celebrates 30 years
Some fun facts about CMT: – Dearing Compressor was one of our first customers. This year, they are celebrating 70 years. We wish them continued success and another 70 prosperous years. – Nationwide Industrial was one of our first vendors and remains a valued supplier in 2015. – We […]
Specialty motors: Used to help produce high-grade American steel for manufactured goods
Some electric motors are designed for a very specific purpose. These types of motors are used in a steel annealing furnace application where temperatures can reach up to 1400 degrees F. The motors have special alloy shafts and drive large fans. The fans circulate hot gasses within the furnace in order to anneal steel […]
Happy Birthday, CMT!
Happy 30th birthday to CMT! City Machine Technologies, Inc. opened its doors on August 9, 1985, with one location and two employees. Today, we have a campus consisting of three buildings, three warehouses, a 14-vehicle-fleet and 75 employees! For 30 years, City Machine Technologies, Inc. has been in operation providing a variety of services to […]