Manufacturing Reliability Training Gives Maintenance Team The Know-How.

A large tissue manufacturer in the Midwest uses special vacuum reel spools on their 200″ trim twin wire Yankee paper machine. When one roll is almost complete, a new spool is swung into place on the backtender. A vacuum is created inside the new spool by inserting a hose into the vacuum flange. Once the sheet from the full roll is broken, this vacuum draws the tissue onto the new spool, which is already up to a full operating speed of one mile a minute.

New Assembly Methods Increase Reliability and Safety, Reduce Labor.

NCP Products has manufactured firearms for trap shooting since 1991. Traditionally, guns have been assembled using silver solder, requiring heat for 15-20 minutes at 1100°F. Such high heat can distort and warp a gun barrel, requiring a labor-intensive, hand-straightening process. NCP Products Owner, Dennis DeVault, wanted to create an assembly process that would maintain barrel-to-barrel integrity – where every gun he manufactured shot the same pattern. Working as a member of the NCP design team, Loctite provided the right technology and assembly methods to help them achieve their goal.