GPM Hydraulic Consulting Customers

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Hi 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

Good 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

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

Not 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

"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

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

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: