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Plant Operations and Engineering | |
| Central to any fluid power operation is quality plant management. Plant management responsibility includes supervisory oversight of technical services, purchasing and warranty determinations, as-well-as receiving, testing, painting and shipping operations. Flint has elevated its efforts in providing products at all levels of need. From providing new or remanufactured parts, sub assemblies to users of current products to many OEM discontinued products. Some with updated materials and processing advancements. Getting it right the first time is how Flint's programs function. Flint's commitment to their engineering and manufacturing capabilities ensures our customers receive the best Flint has to offer. Experience, quality control, vendor and manufacturing capabilities have provided Flint's growing list of clients with a reliable remanufactured and OEM alternative. |
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Upon delivery all customer core returns are inspected, sorted and credits are processed immediately. Purchased and internally manufactured parts, sub assemblies and units are verified for accuracy, counted and added to inventory in a real-time environment. Cores are completely disassembled and all external components such as, housings, front covers, and end caps are thermally cleaned. Some assemblies are further reduced to components parts before cleaning begins. Internal wear parts are manually washed before the inspection process takes place. All components are inspected using a variety of instruments and visual methods to ensure accurate qualification. Every component part is pre-certified for the next process. Plates, Cylinder blocks, pistons, shaft seals, slippers and end caps are lapped to remove all wear marks and ensure flatness of surface. The end cap flange is also milled in this area to ensure a smooth flat surface. |
| Once the lapping process is completed, all parts are cleaned using an ultrasonic cleaning system. The final phase in this process is inspection to verify that the processed parts are within OEM specifications. Final assembly of all control valves, charge pumps, rotating groups, shaft seals and manifold blocks are then reassembled. Swashplates are assembled with the neutral preset in the housing and are stocked as a final component product. Final assembly of all units to customer or inventory requirements requires that all units are tested and verified against factory specifications. After the units is taken off the test stand it is plugged, pressurized with air and subjected to wet testing for leaks on housing seals. All unit test specifications are then recorded by model and serial number and maintained on file. Units are then painted to the manufacturers original color. Upon completion of the painting process all units are tagged with model number, serial number, date of remanufacture and rotation. The unit is then foam packaged and boxed. All shipments are processed expeditiously in accordance to customer's instructions, including drop shipments. |
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Component parts are tested to quality measurements that original pump manufacturers require. Each unit is load tested under simulated conditions of the application. Flint's newest teststand, one of four, gives Flint the increased flexibility to test virtually any piston pump or motor currently in use. This teststand can meet the higher horsepower requirements of the units used on many of today's off-road construction equipment with variable speed provided by a Flint remanufactured variable pump and motor. The new teststand is driven by a 300 horsepower electric motor and also measures torque providing additional insurance that your unit will perform properly. |
| Engineering also develops and
manufactures new products that are no longer available through the original Manufacturer. Through machine shop processes and advanced computer control
lathes and vertical machining centers the engineering department is capable of remanufacturing components ,
such as, cylinder blocks and piston assemblies back to their original
specifications. See the video - Click Here Note: Different operating systems and internet bandwidth will affect video quality. When possible, first download the video to your hard drive, then play it. |
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