How ‘bout a shout-out to John Sanders and his colleagues at the National Brick Research Center for planning and hosting this year’s virtual forum? It’s been a tough year, but they found a way to bring brick industry people together.
Here’s a summary…
Customer service is part of Steele’s DNA. That’s why customers around the world count on us for help in the fight against downtime. As an example, here’s the timeline for a recent service call.
Our new web-based efficiency calculator gives you the data you need to help improve production efficiency. All you need is a stopwatch and a tape measure, plus the type of augers you’re running.
Steele customers run our machines for decades and they run them hard. Like any machines, ours need routine maintenance. And after a half-century or so of service, they may need a major component or shaft replaced. When that happens, we take care of it.
The Metal-Expo also recognized the late Ivan Kuranov, a giant in the Russian steel industry and former chief blast furnace operator at NLMK Lipetsk. Kuranov designed the new metallurgical briquetting plant. He worked closely with Steele engineers on application development and Direxa Engineering, our EPC partner, to deliver a turnkey solution.
Steele Service gives you a secure, convenient way to order parts online. Register at https://www.jcsteeleservice.com/.
Mac Steele will be a featured speaker at the IBA’s 36th Biennial Conference on Agglomeration at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, November 17-20.
Our new 120 AEX extruder and pug sealer really is a beast. We tell people to see it in person, to appreciate how massive it is and how much engineering went into the design and construction.
Modern Casting takes a look at the way Steele is updating this ancient foundry process, by using 3D printing to develop and create patterns for sand casting.
The Clemson Brick Forum is the brick industry’s largest gathering of manufacturers, distributors and suppliers, and a can’t miss event for us here at Steele. We showed up with some significant innovations for plants and machine operators, each designed to improve production and lighten the load on your maintenance department. If you didn’t make it to the show, here’s what we shared.
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