Rebuilds and Upgrades

Machine Concepts has extensive experience rebuilding all types of equipment with special expertise in Slitters, Side Trimmers and Scrap Choppers. We offer complete line rebuild and upgrade services to suit our customer’s needs. When required, we can supply custom engineered solutions and upgrades for many applications. Our basic rebuild scope of work includes the following:

• On-site baseline inspection
• Complete equipment inspection and reports before teardown, including endplay checks, breakaway torques, run-out checks, etc. – all reports are provided to the customer for their records
• “Pre-Rebuild” inspection reports according to print specifications, including arbor measurements and run-outs, housing bore measurements and bore alignments
• Final inspection reports and run-in data provided to customer
• Multiple upgrade options including new drives (retrofit into existing heads), new fixed or set-up bases, high precision bearings and improved arbor precision
• Slitter arbor upgrades to accept hydraulic hub cutters, knife holders or specialized tooling
• In-house inspection of precision bearings and grinding of bearing spacers for proper preload or endplay – Machine Concepts has experience setting up bearings up to 40” diameter

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