Unreliable Press

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Don Brown

200 Ton South Danly

We are having daily problems, electrically, with the southern most 200 ton Danly press on the East side of the Press room. This is one of the presses that came up from Dresden Tenn., at the closing of our plant there. It has an antiquated two cam, rotary cam protection system,which has been wired in such a way as to use the same cam twice, when what is really needed is a four cam limit switching assembly. Beyond that, the starters, and switchgear in the main control box are so beat up that it is a wonder they work at all. What is needed, is to get a new box, and start over. ( with programmable controllers ) The trouble shooting on a press like this is like looking for wheels with a flash light. It can be done, but it might take an hour, or it might take a day. The deal is, I need to rewire this press, and it is going to cost about $5,100. I have attached the non- inventory request for outside purchases necessary for the rewire. The labor should be about 55 man hours for the electricians, @ $19.84/hr. This adds up to $1,091. This press will never be reliable until this work is done. Please request an AFE to upgrade the wiring on this old press. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call me.

Steven Forrester
Plant Engineer
Dico Inc.
Des Moines Ia