Global excavator giant JCB uses Fletcher Moorland to repair a range of older and modern equipment, usually on emergency service for a quick and immediate turnaround with a two year warranty. The work is carried out at JCB’s World HQ in Rocester as well as other manufacturing plants in North Staffordshire. A JCB spokesman said: “The Fletcher Moorland ethos of improving...

MICHELIN has had a long-standing relationship with Fletcher Moorland whose services for the tyre manufacturing giant include repairing and refurbishing everything from pumps to motors and, most recently, printed circuit boards and touch pads. Kevan Williams, RS Tec, based at Michelin’s factory in Stoke-on-Trent, said: “There are two areas in which we work with Fletcher Moorland. Firstly, they refurbish older...

PTG Holroyd is an industry-leading manufacturer of highly engineered precision machine tools and components for a range of diverse industries around the world. Fletcher Moorland repairs a number of the Rochdale-based company’s machines – which are used in the manufacture of precision engineered helical rotors and screws. PTG Holroyd Site Services and Maintenance Manager Simon Clark said: “Quick and thorough...

LEADING food manufacturer Wrights Pies see Fletcher Moorland as the missing piece in the jigsaw when it comes to repairing broken down machines. Loss of production at the company’s headquarters at Crewe can be critical, so every second counts when it comes to repairs. John Mason, Engineering Supervisor at Wrights Pies, said: “Fletcher Moorland carries out all critical repairs on...

Coventry based automotive component manufacturing company UYT Limited has been supported by Fletcher Moorland for more than 10 years – with repairs for Fanuc and Nachi drives and servo motors, robotic equipment and main press motors. Maintenance Manager Martin Goater said: “In 2007, during the two week summer shutdown, we removed, refurbished and refitted every servo motor in the press...

A company which operates the deepest mine in the UK to produce potash for fertiliser is benefitting from Fletcher Moorland expertise. Cleveland Potash, based in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, north of Whitby, works closely with Fletcher Moorland who design and manufacture control equipment used on underground mining machines. Other work includes repairing and refurbishing Cleveland Potash’s explosion-proof motors. Stuart Nielson, Production Electrical Engineer...

One of our customer in the North West has a critical air handling unit application that removes hot process air from an aluminium recycling line. We recently took over the repairs from this site and as part of our reliability program are responsible for monitoring the condition of critical machinery. We knew this unit had a problem with one of...

Our quick and reliable repair service has always been admired in the industry and one Tuesday night recently we were called on by a well known crisp manufacturer to help them out. They had a Midas PC1090.2 touch-screen controller that had failed quite abruptly, it quite literally went blank. We collected the controller and bought it back to our workshops...

Refurbishing an Allen Bradley Servo Drive Many customers think of Fletcher Moorland as a company who repair automation equipment, whilst that is true in one respect, we have a rule when it comes to our repair process. ‘All repairs are to be as good as, if not better than new’ – Quite a bold statement indeed. We stand by this because instead...

Don’t let obsolescence be a problem – Manufacture of obsolete PCBs The Newcastle-under-Lyme division of an American global courier delivery services company, recently commissioned Fletcher Moorland to manufacture PCBs for a machine they have to support for the next 10 years. The problem was the controls and PCBs were already obsolete. We guarantee our customers a solution whether it be...

A Universal Fanuc Test Rig! Fletcher Moorland have been servicing Fanuc drives for over 20 years. As part of a major upgrade in our automation repair department, we have combined our Fanuc drives test rig into one universal Fanuc test rig. This is probably the most complete Fanuc drives test facility around, giving us the ability to fully test the...

S120 Siemens Sinamics Test Rig The Siemens Sinamics S120 modular motion control drives are designed for high performance dive applications. Brought into the marketplace in 2008 these drives are now coming out of OEM warranty. The automation development team at Fletcher Moorland have built a test rig and completed OEM training on this highly specialised drives system to offer a...