Hire drive saves the day

Quantum Controls has saved a glass manufacturer from suffering a major loss of production after working over the weekend to replace a failed variable speed drive. The VSD controlled a fan used by Custom Glass of Merseyside to cool toughened glass.When the drive failed on a Saturday, maintenance contractor Total Plant Analysis called Quantum Controls who visited the site that afternoon.

By 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, the failed drive had been replaced with a 250kW ABB industrial drive.

Darren Oakley, director of Total Plant Analysis, says: "Quantum integrated their hire drive with the customer's system and supplied a complete turnkey package." As a partner of the Carbon Trust, Quantum Controls was able to help procure a loan for a permanent replacement drive and also signed a 12 month maintenance contract to maintain it.