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Revolutionizing Reliability

Problem:

A large agricultural equipment manufacturer was using inexpensive import casters on their material handling carts. However, the wheels were not rated to handle more capacity as loads increased. Increasingly, maintenance has spent more time, money, and effort replacing these casters, which has also affected productivity in other areas because of the time focused on this particular caster issue.

Solution

The company replaced import wheels with Twergo caster wheels in sizes 6×2, 8×2, and 10 x2. The Twergo wheels made pushing the carts easier, and the casters have lasted 3x longer (and still going) than the previous inexpensive imports. These new ergonomic wheels also significantly cut down on maintenance and replacement hours.

Results

Switching to Twergo wheels freed up maintenance time to work on other areas, as they did not have to spend time continually replacing casters. The time and expense saved in labor costs based on union time amounted to $50,000 annually.