Case Study: Need to Protect a Bearing? PTI Has You Covered.March 29, 2017 by Lauren Ansley, PTIPTI Engineers love a challenge. An OEM needed more protection for their bearings in a high contaminant environment. What did PTI do? Read on for a full…
Customizing for the Client by Going Feet First – a Case StudyNovember 8, 2016 by Lauren Ansley, PTIBackground: Franklin Miller is a manufacturer of agricultural and waste water equipment. They created a new machine designed to reduce agglomerates for one of their customers that produces crop fertilizer. The Challenge: Due to limited available space in the application, the OEM’s design incorporated five parallel shafts requiring SAF222 housings positioned so close together that […]
Product Availability When It Matters MostAugust 4, 2016 by Lauren Ansley, PTI Leave a CommentWhen PTI’s on-call employee learned an aggregates manufacturer needed a large split block housing ASAP because of a conveyor failure on a Sunday, he immediately got to work… The Challenge: One of a large cement and aggregates manufacturer’s Midwest plants was in operation on a Sunday morning when one of their large split block housings [...]
Expertise in European and Metric Manufacturing – A Case StudyJune 1, 2016 by Fjorge Admin,PTI Engineers designed an improved version of a stainless steel custom chain with metric attachments that a US food manufacturer had been purchasing from Europe… The Background: A major producer of gourmet meats and cheeses generates over $3 billion in annual sales. They utilize a large chiller application for processing meat. The Challenge: Their equipment [...]
Custom Product Engineering – A Case StudyJune 1, 2016 by Fjorge Admin,Here’s a step-by-step account of how PTI’s Engineering Team worked with an OEM to customize an existing housing for a new application…all in just over two months: The Background: A large, US-based OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) supplies drying equipment for commercial use. Their products include machines such as industrial grade large capacity dryers, coin operated [...]
Utilizing Technology Allows for Rapid Prototyping – A Customization Story: Engineering CapabilitiesNovember 4, 2015 by Fjorge Admin, Leave a CommentEarlier this year, PTI helped an equipment design customer (OEM) with a need to create a new clamp-style ball bearing housing to control bearing insert fit. After reviews and design adjustments using the latest SolidWorks engineering software, PTI’s in-house engineering team produced a 3D printed prototype within 33 days. Upon receipt, the customer approved the […]