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Jack,
I just wanted to let you know that
John and myself have left our old jobs and have both been hired
on at a new company who manufactures parts for jets, helicopters,
NASA space shuttle and generators.
We were hired because of our
hydraulic abilities. I recall you stating during our hydraulic
training program at our old employer that, companies will hire
individuals who can "troubleshoot hydraulic problems from a
schematic". This was a key feature during our separate
interviews.
So far, we have helped our new
employer discover several problems with their hydraulics.
Thanks for all your help!
Tom |
Al
You won't remember me....too much water under the bridge. You
came to Williamette Industries Ruston Plywood mill back in the mid 90's
and taught us about hydraulics.
It got me excited about changing things in that mill. It has
long since closed and I have been back in the offshore oil industy for 10
years or so.
Man, is the drilling industry rich in fluid power now. It is
mind boggling. I have been with Transocean Offshore for these last 10 years and
have been
to hydraulic schools in Scotland, Singapore and Germany. Yours
made the most sense and it started me down a road to big prosperity in the
offshore drilling industry. I am passing what I have learned to
youngsters coming on board now.
I am now a Sr. Subsea Supv. on board a large drill ship. Our subsea
system is electro-hydraulic, with a water-soluble oil mix, that is
dischargeable to the sea. Really simple in hydraulic terms, but very
critical to the operation of this drill ship. I still fall back to
the importance you guys stressed on cleanliness, as this keeps us
running smoothly.
Thanks to you and your firm, for EDUCATION. You guys do it well.
Regards,
Barry Griswold
Sr. Subsea Supv.
Transocean Discoverer Enterprise |
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day Alan,
Just wanted to say, thanks for your
help today. The class you taught at our plant last year has helped
me save our company a lot of money this past year. The knowledge you
passed on to me about how to reclaim hydraulic oils has been a
valuable tool. We have been able to save our fluid by filtering it
down with a water removing filter. As you know, when you taught our
class last year you told us about being able to use a portable
filtering cart to filter out water and small micron particles.
After looking into what you taught
us, I purchased a portable filtering cart and filtered three of our
systems. Normally that oil would have been thrown out. Too make a
long story short, I took your advice and reclaimed the oil and we
saved approximately $4000 by not changing the oil out in these three
systems.
By the way, that paid for the $1500
filter cart and we still saved $2500. That is just on three systems,
I don't know what the total would be for all the oils that I have
been able to reclaim. I figured out with a little looking into, you
can clean just about any oil. I have cleaned everything from
hydraulic oil to ISO 680 gear oil.
Thanks,
Scott Carrigan
Predictive Maintenance
Shuretape Technologies
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I just
wanted to pass along to all involved, and especially Al, for the
training that he gave to us. All feedback I have received has been
outstanding. The guys really enjoyed and seemed to get involved with
this a lot more than some of the other training sessions that we
have had. Al presented the information in terms that we all
could understand and was always answering questions from the
group. The manual is a great asset for the guys and it was
easy to see that the amount of time put into assembling the
information was by no means an overnight adventure.
Thanks again.
Eric Petit
Maintenance Supervisor
Mill Services
UPM Raflatac
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only do the ones who attended have a better understanding of our hydraulics,
they know how to troubleshoot problems, have an excellent set of books
on the systems, and learned a systematic troubleshooting procedure that
can be applied to most maintenance problems, hydraulic or otherwise.
Donald Houston
Maintenance Training
Coordinator
International Paper
Vicksburg, MS. |
| This class received the
highest reviews of all maintenance classes conducted. We have already
seen the material learned put into practice by maintenance personnel who
are becoming troubleshooters and not just part changers.
Forrest Petersen Independent
Training Consultant
Ruston, LA
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"The
training techniques developed by GPM Hydraulic Consulting focuses on both the
technical and hands-on skills necessary to troubleshoot and repair
complex hydraulic components. Because the training is plant specific,
not generic, our maintenance associates have reduced the amount of
costly unscheduled downtime and stress associated with these
unwanted events."
Joe
Jenkins
Trus
Joist, A Weyerhaeuser Business
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Al and Jack,
I appreciate your help in getting our Winder back on line.
We were down to two reel spools and would have had to shut down at
a cost of $10k per hour. The
manuals you made up for us were a help, and Jack’s expertise had our
problem solved in less than 30 minutes.
For future help, you could have an emergency number available on
your web site. We were headed
in the right direction with the help of the diagrams and training you
provided us with. Jack, I
hated to get you out of bed and drive down, but this could have cost us a
tremendous amount of money. Thanks
again for the help.
Bruce Harper Maintenance Superintendent Riverwood International Corp. Macon, Georgia
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Companies who have benefited
from our in-plant training, consulting and troubleshooting services
Below is a partial list of
customers who have contracted GPM for maintenance training workshops,
consulting, troubleshooting and hydraulic system flushing:
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