{"id":623,"date":"2018-04-05T15:28:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rowlandcompany.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2019-09-05T14:56:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:56:34","slug":"better-quality-longer-life-on-a-screen-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rowlandcompany.com\/better-quality-longer-life-on-a-screen-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Quality & Longer Life On A Screen Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"
PROBLEM<\/strong><\/p>\n Imagine how many times a clutch & brake must cycle on a loom making fiberglass screen \u2014 that’s right, thousands! You can probably also imagine how critical consistent clutching and braking is to making a quality screen.<\/p>\n When industry began to move away from asbestos, this manufacturer began to experience life and quality problems.<\/p>\n SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n We worked with the maintenance people and plant engineer testing different materials. We also discovered that the OEM originally designed the system running friction material on friction material as opposed to a steel or cast iron facing.<\/p>\n We came up with a new material, which showed quite a bit of promise.<\/p>\n Working closely with our customer, we jointly produced a new mounting system which, to date, has produced a significant improvement. The change has already paid for itself. Now we are following the installation to find out what the total savings will be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PROBLEM Imagine how many times a clutch & brake must cycle on a loom making fiberglass screen \u2014 that’s right, thousands! You can probably also imagine how critical consistent clutching and braking is to making a quality screen. When industry began to move away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-study"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n