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tools are returned because of low power output, I have found QMI Air
Tool Treatment effective in restoring torque and RPM's. This is
especially true when the air tool is sluggish because of gummed-up
blades. First, I run regular air tool oil through the unit and check the torque. Then I apply a good squirt of QMI Air Tool Treatment and run the unit. Dirt and gums are expelled from the air exhaust. Then, I apply QMI Air Tool Treatment a second time and check the torque. Torque is usually increased 25 to 40% on impact wrenches, and similar increase in RPM's on grinders, drill, screwdrivers, etc." |
| -Johnny
Banks, Air Tool Technician
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Coal Barge Un-loader
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| "I just want to
take a few minutes to share with you the positive results we obtained
from the test performed on the Dravo Continuous Coal Barge Un-loader
at Tampa Electric Big Bend Dock facility using your QMI 220 Water
Resistant Grease with Teflon. As you are aware of the failure we experienced in May of this year (1999) with the Northwest Dravo counterweight sheave bearings and shaft. We notified you to witness the removal and inspection of the adjacent sheave on the Northeast corner that supports a 1 million pound counterweight (that had been treated with the QMI 220 Water Resistant Grease three years prior), as it was being disassembled at the machine shop. I am sure you will agree that the condition of the bearings treated with QMI 220 Water Resistant Grease were quite remarkable, in near perfect condition, after running 3 years under such a tremendous load. We had no reason to doubt the capabilities of this product to perform due to our prior test conducted on the bucket ladder drive reduction gearboxes with QMI Gear Treatment 90W with PTFE. The reduction of amps on the 500 HP motor turning this gearbox was significant enough to convince the powers above to allow QMI treatment of other gearboxes in our service. I believe that if we had the facts sooner on the grease we would have treated all four sheaves and could have saved the cost of the repairs required to replace the failed sheave due to the bearing seizing causing the drum to rotate on the axle. The replacement of the sheave requires the rental of a crane capable of making a 17,000-lb. lift with a 130 foot radius, 196 feet high. The crane rental alone is over $47,000 for the 5 days it takes to make these repairs. Then all of the parts, labor and machine shop cost were just over $132,000, not including the cost of the machine not being available to discharge vessels, creating an even larger expense due to poor vessel turn-around time. With all of the cost considered, I feel that we could have saved up to $250,000, if not more, had we been using the QMI 220 Water Resistant Grease all along. Just for the record, we now have QMI 220 Water Resistant Grease in all four sheaves in service and it was installed in the new replacement sheave before it left the machine shop." |
| -R. C.
Smith, Mechanical Project Coordinator, GC Service Company, Inc
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Air Compressor
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| "I thought I
would let you know the results of the cleaning and treating of our
Champion EW-50 air compressor. Our compressor was running
approximately 240-260 degrees F. and had been viewed much hotter. ... We turned the compressor off and added the QMI Metal Prep to the system After only several minutes we had to shut the compressor down because of the oil filter being plugged. The filter was changed, and turned on again. This happened again and the air separator also had to be replaced. Compressor was turned back on and another oil filter had to be replaced. At this point 4 filters and one air separator had been removed. The varnish and oxidation that was taken from the system was almost scary! Before restarting the machine, we changed the oil, filter, another air separator and the QMI Compressor Treatment was added. The compressor was then turned back on and the following results accrued, ampere draw was reduced by approximately 10 to 11 amperes. The operating temperature was also reduced almost 50 degrees F." |
| -Garry
Hutson, maintenance supervisor, Purina Mills, Springfield, Mo.
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QMI Metal Prep to our air compressor system for its cleaning effect to
ensure the QMI Compressor Treatment would be added to a clean system,
it became necessary after only 20 minutes to warrant stopping the
compressor and changing the old oil, separators element and filters on
the compressor due to the amount of varnishes and general debris found
in an oil system which had been removed. Confident that the system was now clean so that we would see the full effects of the QMI Compressor Treatment, we added the QMI Compressor Treatment and new oil to the system. The compressor was found to be running at a mean amp draw reduced by 5 to 6 amps. Normal operating temperature was also reduced by 15 to 16 degrees F. It was noted by our maintenance department that this was the lowest they had seen the normal operating temperature of this compressor in several years." |
| -Bill Altec,
maintenance, Acme Structural, Springfield, Mo.
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Hydraulic System
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"This letter is to inform you of the
results of our test we made on your QMI Hydraulic Treatment. We added your recommended amount of QMI Hydraulic Treatment to one of our HPM Injection Molding Machine hydraulic systems and have the following results: Electrical amperage at idle reduced 6% Electrical amperage at full working pressure reduced 26% Hydraulic system temperature reduced 11 degrees F. We have calculated a 6 month payback in electrical savings alone with additional anticipated savings in replacement parts due to more favorable operating temperatures and reduced friction in our hydraulic pumps and motors." |
| -Harry J.
Ledgerwood, Manager of Engineering, Tyler Pipe, Marshfield, Mo.
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| -Roy F.
Seay, Molding Manager, Come Play Products, Marshfield, Mo.
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Partial List of Industrial Users
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Company |
Location |
| Agrico Mines........................................ | Mulberry, Florida |
| Anheuser Busch................................... | Tampa, Florida |
| Army, Ireland....................................... | Dublin, Ireland |
| AT&T................................................. | Orlando, Florida |
| Atlantic Viking Ship Fleet...................... | Bergen, Norway |
| Capital Steel......................................... | Beijing, China |
| Caterpillar............................................ | Peoria, Illinois |
| Champion Paper ................................. | Asheville, Tennessee |
| Chevron.............................................. | Houston, Texas |
| Citizen's Telephone.............................. | Asheville, North Carolina |
| City of Atlanta..................................... | Atlanta, Georgia |
| City of Caguas..................................... | Caguas, Puerto Rico |
| Coca-Cola........................................... | Dublin, Ireland |
| Coca-Cola Foods/Minute Maid.............. | Auburndale, Florida |
| Commonwealth Edison......................... | Rockdale, Illinois |
| Corpoven, S.A. Oil Refinery................. | Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| CSX Railway....................................... | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Del Monte Foods................................. | Modesto, California |
| Eagle Brand Foods............................... | Steubenville, Ohio |
| Edwards Engines, Inc........................... | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Eucra-Racing....................................... | Roth, Germany |
| Express Publications............................. | Blue Springs, Missouri |
| Florida Crushed Stone.......................... | Brooksville, Florida |
| Ford Dearborn Tool & Die................... | Dearborn, Michigan |
| Ford Motor Company.......................... | Detroit, Michigan |
| Fuller Company................................... | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Gallo Winery....................................... | Modesto, California |
| Gcona, Inc.......................................... | Billings, Montana |
| General Electric................................... | Norfolk, Virginia |
| General Mills....................................... | Stockton, California |
| General Motors Corporation................. | Bedford, Indiana |
| General Motors of Canada.................... | Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada |
| Goodyear Tires.................................... | Topeka, Kansas |
| Israel Tractor & Equipment Co, LTD.... | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| J S Voruflutningar................................ | Iceland |
| Kansas City Power.............................. | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Kawasaki Motors Corp........................ | Irvine, California |
| Kelley Springfield Tires, Inc................. | Kernersville, North Carolina |
| LTV Steel, Inc.................................... | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Maykowski Kart Racing.................... .. | Columbus, Missouri |
| Maytag............................................... | Galesburg, Illinois |
| Mazda................................................ | Tokyo, Japan |
| Mein................................................... | The Netherlands |
| Miss Budweiser Racing Team............... | Lakeland, Florida |
| Nishat Mills Limited............................. | Pakistan |
| Palm Abrasive & Tool Co., Inc............. | Portland, Oregon |
| Simco Electronics, Inc.......................... | Yuma, Arizona |
| State Transport Corporation of Ghana... | Accra, Ghana |
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