iwire,

Thankfully we had a spare on site. The plant used to not keep a spare but a similiar breakdown 15 years ago caused almost 6 weeks of down time. This story has an almost legendary quality and is commonly referred to as "forty days and forty nights." Needless to say, after experiencing that fiasco, the company decided to keep a spare around.

Air freight? I would hate to see that too. The armature alone weighs over 160,000# and the housing and stator weighs in at about 145,000#. If they couldn't be repaired, they would make great "bunker busters" [Linked Image]

[This message has been edited by jb (edited 05-28-2003).]