Turning Ingenuity into Savings with In-House Conveyor Project – Employee Award Program Feature

The Mauser Employee Award Program provides recognition to employees for exceptional individual contributions.

Clarkston, Mich.

Paul Burton and Jason Pendegrass of the Clarkston, Mich., maintenance team recently completed an ergonomics project by repurposing two existing conveyor sections and a turntable recovered from the facility's former Large Packaging production area. Rather than purchasing a new turnkey conveyor system, the team designed, engineered, fabricated, installed, and commissioned the solution entirely with in-house resources.

By repurposing existing equipment, the team significantly reduced capital costs while maximizing asset utilization. The project was completed for less than one-third of the estimated cost of a comparable new conveyor system.

“This project required a lot of out of the box thinking and fabricating to make the available parts work as a one unit, but Paul and Jason worked diligently to get it done. Glad to have both on my team,” commented Donald Bowman, Plant Manager.