Archives for June 2023

Decatur Industrial Electric Now Offering Full Range of Toshiba Motors, Drives, and Motor Control Products

Toshiba International Corporation Adds Decatur Industrial Electric to National Distribution Network.

“I’m honored and excited for my team to be able to provide Toshiba’s solutions portfolio. The Toshiba brand is known for superior performance and quality in the industrial marketplace. Toshiba’s company vision and their superior reliability aligns well with our drive to help customers optimize asset performance and reduce their total cost of ownership.” Trent Thompson, President Decatur Industrial Electric

Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) announced this month the addition of Decatur Industrial Electric to their nationwide network of Distributors. Decatur Industrial Electric now offers the full range of Toshiba Motors, Adjustable Speed Drives and Motor Control products.

“We are excited to welcome Decatur Industrial Electric to our Toshiba distribution network,” said John O’Brien, Director of Distribution Sales for the Motors, and Drives Division of Toshiba. “Decatur Industrial Electric’s Vision Statement is to be the most admired and respected company by its team members, customers, stockholders and the communities they serve and value. We at Toshiba share a similar vision, ‘Do the right thing, Look for a better way, Always consider the impact and create together.’ We are looking forward to collaborating with Decatur Industrial Electric to offer innovative solutions to customers.”

Link to full press release, released by Toshiba.

Decatur Industrial Machinists and Millwrights Provide Custom Solution for Wind Farm

A turbine of this size can produce over $1,000,000 of electricity annually. With the replacement motor’s estimated lead-time being 6-months or more, this repair could easily be a savings of up to half-a-million dollars.

A Decatur Industrial WIND customer had a pitch motor damaged during installation. The motor suffered a broken stator foot and a replacement motor from the OEM would not be available for many months. The foot and stator yolk are cast as one piece and not replaceable without replacing the entire stator yolk assembly. The customer engaged us to find a way to repair the motor so it could immediately go back into service.

Decatur Industrial machinists knew that without all four mounting feet on the motor it was unusable in the application, preventing the turbine from operating. Our team got to work machining the entire side of the stator with the fractured foot. We milled the yolk to remove the remainder of the damaged foot support structure. We also removed the rear foot on the damaged side of the stator along with the support structure. A complete new front and rear foot assembly with support structure was machined to fit the stator. The foot had to mount precisely to the stator and provide the exact footprint with bolt pattern to allow the motor to bolt into the turbine. We installed the new foot assembly and then replaced the damaged bearings. The motor was fully assembled, test run, and shipped to the wind farm. The farm installed the repaired motor which enabled the turbine to come back on-line, producing power for customers.