A Partnership Improves a Process

Author:  Shot Peening Staff
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 19 / Issue 4, Fall 2005
Doc ID:  2005077
Year of Publication:  2005
Abstract:  
A lustrous, soft gray coil of titanium can be a real eyesore when it's sitting idle on the feed roll of a blast cleaning machine. Just ask Larry Swiger, the Maintenance Planner at the Timet facility in Toronto, Ohio. "Descaling these 16,000 lb coils of titanium is the first step in the strip rolling process in our plant. This line feeds all the other lines in the coil department. When the blast cleaning machine is down, it's a real nightmare for our whole department," says Larry.