MSNBC spent the day at CMT on Monday, March 14, the day before the Ohio Primary Election. The news team covered Ohio’s build up to the election from our shop floor. The topics in focus were the current state of our local economy and the election itself. CMT received national media exposure, as live feeds […]
Get to know CMT
City Machine Technologies, Inc. has been in operation more than 30 years providing a variety of services to heavy industries throughout the United States and abroad. The electrical, mechanical, machining and lifting magnet capabilities of our four highly specialized divisions combine to make us your single source solution for industrial repairs. Talented personnel combined with […]
Benefits of re-engineered parts
Often times equipment must be repaired using OEM parts. When some original renewal parts are obsolete and unavailable, it is necessary to re-engineer them. This enables a customer to extend the life cycle of equipment, rather than sending that equipment to the scrap pile. A re-engineered part has improved and up-to-date features that will make […]
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.”
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 […]
Pop Quiz: What are centrifugal castings?
Centrifugal castings are made when a mold is continuously rotated at high speed while molten metal is poured in. The molten metal in a centrifugal casting is thrown toward the inside of the mold wall from the G forces inside. The molten metal solidifies after cooling. After cooling, any impurities can be machined away that have […]
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 […]
What’s a journal bearing?
Simply put, a journal bearing is a shaft or journal rotating in a bearing. The shaft rotates in the bearing with a layer of lubricant separating the two parts. Because journal bearings are designed to reduce load friction, they are often used when the load is light and the motion is continuous. With a journal […]
Lifting magnet manufacturing and rebuilding
Expand profits by offering your steel, dock and reclamation customers lifting magnet services. Coaching provided for minor testing and repair in your shop. Complete rebuilds and rewinds at ours. City Machine Technologies, Inc. is experienced in the design, rewind, manufacture and service of any material handling magnet or separator roll. State-of-the-art equipment operated by talented […]