American Welding and Press Repair can greatly assist you with your maintenance challenges in a number of ways.

  Machine Repair and Maintenance.  The first step is to get a good overall look at the condition of your machinery.  This is accomplished by conducting a thorough machine inspection.  This information will give you a good snapshot of your machines current health by providing you information with regards to the condition of your machines moving parts, their overall condition and existing running clearances.  Machine level, alignment, vibration, and thermal conditions are also examined.  This information will be input into a simple and easy to understand report that will allow you to see your machine’s present condition at a glance.  This will allow you to competently engage in some planned and predictive maintenance tasks.  We can also assist you in composing a preventative maintenance task schedule for your machinery.  Preventative maintenance is your best tool for avoiding downtime due to mechanical failure. 
    Another step is to create a critical parts list specific to the machine and begin the process of mustering these critical parts.  These usually include clutch and brake parts, seals, certain bearings, belts, etc.  If a critical condition exists in a particular machine..... for example; inspection shows that the crankshaft main bearings are washing out and a crank failure looms due to excessive clearance we can purchase bearing material, have it cut to length, split/sweat, rough turned, and ready for finishing at your earliest available downtime.  This preparedness will greatly reduce your downtime and can save you thousands of dollars in lost productivity and the added costs of a crankshaft repair or replacement.

   Machine installation and relocation.  Our rigging and erecting division is another arm of our organization that can assist you in meeting your challenges and making your deadlines.  We offer complete turn-key solutions for machine and process installations and relocations.  Our extensive mechanical experience insures that your machine and/or process will be professionally installed and up and running on schedule.  Avoid all the commonplace mistakes made during machine assembly and installation by lesser skilled installers.  Avoid damage to your equipment and costly repair/rework time by employing riggers who are also highly skilled machine repairmen.  Riggers who understand proper fit, tolerances, level, alignment, torque requirements, etc.  We employ finesse, not force.     

  Maintenance Contracts.  Do you find yourself short-handed when it comes to completing a comprehensive preventative maintenance program?  Are your Work Orders piling up?  You’re not alone.  As the number of skilled tradesmen dwindles and as companies are forced to make cuts in personnel many maintenance managers are finding themselves behind the 8-Ball when it comes to either implementing or just simply staying current with their preventative maintenance program.  We would be happy to assist you in meeting your challenges in this regard.  Our tradesmen won’t simply come to your facility and throw grease and oil at your machinery as numerous other contractors will.  It is our experience that conducting the mundane preventative maintenance task is also a good opportunity to inspect the machinery and make note of any suspect function or components.  We are always on the lookout for such anomalies as excessive heat, unusual vibration, noise, or abnormal operation.  We don’t employ “oilers”, we employ journeymen tradesmen who take pride in their work and will approach your maintenance tasks in a professional manner.