Farmery Avoided Hidden Costs On Their 2014 System With Preventative Maintenance

The Challenge

Farmery’s ACS V4 canning system had served them well for over a decade. But seam integrity issues started cropping up during runs. Leaking cans and out-of-spec seams were plaguing them with inefficiencies.

At first, the team leaned on a local machinist to rebuild the spindle and bearing assemblies. But the issues persisted. Even with in-house adjustments and local fixes, their team couldn’t keep seams consistent. Downtime stretched across days and Farmery needed to find a root cause solution, fast.

The Solution

Working with Cask’s Customer Success team, Farmery sent in their worn components for a full seamer refurbishment, including pneumatic spindle, stroke adjusters, and both seam roll dies. The Cask team also helped isolate pressure inconsistencies from worn air cylinders and supported Farmery with diagnostic tools and slow-motion testing techniques. Preventative maintenance quickly became a priority, not a nice-to-have. 

“You don’t realize how much these little parts affect everything until they fail,” Taylor says.

The Results

Within days of receiving the rebuilt parts, Farmery was back in operation with seam quality restored and a system that ran better than it had in years. For just over $3k they drastically extended the life of their decade-old canning system.

Cask’s Seamer Rebuild Program helps customers like Farmery extend the lifespan of their equipment, improve quality, and avoid costly downtime. Ask us about preventative maintenance that pays for itself.