| Continental Conveyor & Equipment Company |
| COMPANY/LOCATION: | Continental Conveyor & Equipment Company, Winfield, Alabama Plants in Eatonton, Georgia; Salyersville, Kentucky, and Elkhart, Indiana |
| PRODUCT: | Bulk handling equipment for mining and tunneling, air filtering equipment for the textile industry, and undercarriage parts for mobile homes |
| YEARS IN BUSINESS: | 35 |
| EMPLOYEES: | 550 |
| PROJECT: | The company needed information on a more cost-effective method of cleaning
metal parts using an environmentally friendly solvent. The company contacted
the Oak Ridge Centers for Manufacturing Technology through the Manufacturing
Technology Information Service's toll-free number, 1-800-356-4USA.
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| SITUATION: | ORCMT staff members consulted with Continential Conveyor's staff on the processes they were using and made suggestions for different methods for cleaning the parts. A part was sent to ORCMT for test cleaning, and information on that process was sent to the company. |
| RESULTS: | Using information from ORCMT, the company solved its parts cleaning problem and improved the cleaning efficiency with environmentally friendly solvents. Bob Wheeler, vice president of manufacturing for Continental Conveyor, said that the ORCMT staff and the information they supplied were very helpful. |
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| Technical assistances provided to the private sector by the Oak Ridge Centers for Manufacturing Technology (ORCMT) and its manufacturing extension partners throughout the United States. |