United Copper Industries, (UCI), a sister company of Cambridge-Lee Industries Inc., is a manufacturer of copper building wire. UCI manufactures copper wiring used in both residential and commercial construction markets. UCI has a a state-of-the-art production and distribution facility and plant in Denton, Texas. They distribute their products through electrical wholesale distributors throughout the United States.

Situation

UCI runs their manufacturing facility 24 hours a day, 6 days a week.  They have an extensive range of manufacturing equipment producing THHN / THWN, NM-B and UF type in different sizes and specifications. Machines are always subject to breakdowns.  UCI has a need to have these machines fixed on an immediate basis to maintain productivity and profitability. To go to machine manufacturer to replace worn or broken parts could take as long as 6 weeks.

Solution

Halsey Manufacturing has been able to manufacture or fix replacement part within a 1-2 day turnaround saving UCI an enormous amount of downtime.  Although not all the parts are within the realm of Halsey Manufacturing internal competencies, Halsey’s 25 years of experience and knowledge of the different facets of machining, enables them to facilitate UCI’s needs beyond Halsey’s capabilities. 

Examples

Halsey has rebuilt several shafts with bearing problems to make them usable again.  In other cases they have completely manufactured new parts from UCI’s samples, drawings or broken and worn parts.  One other noteworthy example was a specialty screw where Halsey had to first have the bearing surfaces built up and then machined them back to the required specifications. 

Results

Halsey’s combination of experience, knowledge and resources has equipped them to creatively solve almost any dilemma or manufacturing breakdown UCI encounters. 

The expeditious and precision results have significantly impacted productivity and profitability for UCI.