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TransTec® Kits: Support Before and After the Sale
Don Cottrell - Product Technician
Product Engineer, Chad Geretz uses a
Micro-Vue measurement machine to
extract measurements and critical seal
features for O.E. performance.
number of production remanufacturers.
Once a pattern of failure has been
identified, the R&D begins in earnest.
They start by collecting the actual
failed components, for measurement
and examination. This step is critical
Chad Geretz - Product Engineer
A TransTec ® kit is compared to the
inspection board that contains each part
on the bill-of-material. Since accuracy
and consistency are critical, comparison
with this inspection tool takes place each
time the packaging line changes and at
random points during the production run.
A Surveyor® WS Series Scanner by Laser Design Inc., a highly sophisticated device
that measures components with patented laser technology.
because the key to creating a successful
solution is in first identifying the root
cause of the failure.
“Usually the cause is due to
wear,” explains Don Cottrell, Product
Technician. “Remember, we’re often
Patty Richards - Marketing Manager
dealing with transmissions that have
traveled over 100,000 miles. In that
time, bores and sealing surfaces wear.
Then it’s left for us to create new sealing
solutions that can compensate for
that wear.”
Those sealing solutions may
include new sealing materials, designed
to withstand the stresses placed on them
by the additional wear they’re dealing
with. Or they may involve altering the
size of the seal or using a totally different
style of seal. In some cases, it may
require identifying the condition for the
technician, showing him what to look
for, so the worn components can be
replaced.
Sometimes the failure is a result of
something other than a worn hard part.
In some cases it is the seal that has
worn prematurely – often times due to
poor equipment maintenance or common
cleaning detergents being used.
If it is a seal failure, this is the effect
of the problem, not the cause. The
fix here may be simply educating the
technician in the importance of maintaining
his cleaning machine properly
and offering suggestions on alternate
cleaning solutions.
But whatever the condition — and
the ultimate solution — the Corteco
R&D team is there to identify the condition,
isolate the problem, and develop
a real-world solution to address it.
So What About You?
Have you discovered a problem
that hasn’t been addressed at the kit
level? Is there something you’d like to
see added or changed in your rebuild
kits? Then the folks at Corteco would
like to hear from you. Visit www.
TransTec.com and let them know what
kind of problem you’re facing, and how
you’ve been dealing with it.
Try to provide as much information
22 GEARS January/February 2008