"True Full Rebuild" of your Edgebander Glue Pot - What's the difference?

        Brian loading the oven           A Stefani pot ready for our services           

We provide True Full Rebuilds as described below, at prices comparable to your service tech spending 10-20 hours on a pot for an "economical" rebuild that will not perform or last the same as our True Full Rebuild.  Many service tech's use our services, so make sure your tech is aware of us, or contact us directly.

We have rebuilt thousands of glue pots over the years from most edgebander manufacturers.  You can be confident that we have reconditioned your brand of glue pot before, and have the process documented, proper tools in place, and parts supply available to quickly turn around your reconditioned pot.

1. Complete dis-assembly of glue pot:  This often requires a pre-heat oven to loosen the glue, and use of our special press tooling to separate all parts. 

The True Full Rebuild Difference?  Service Tech's often can not get all of the parts separated for complete inspection and replacement.  You need a pre-heat oven to safely liquify all glue residue.  This allows us to properly loosen all glue in tight tolerance areas for separation.

2. Complete cleaning of parts: This is the area we save you the most money. Though years of experience, we have developed the process and invested in special tools (i.e. pre-heat oven, industrial oven, sand blasting equipment, coating spray guns, specific hand tools etc..) to economically clean all the glue pot components. These savings are passed on to you.

The True Full Rebuild Difference?  Service Tech's either soak the pots in large vats of harsh chemicals (ie lacquer thinner) or use high temperature torches to burn and scrape residue off the castings and parts.  The danger with harsh chemicals is their storage, exposure to skin and lungs during cleaning, and disposal into the environment.  The danger with torches is the extreme temperatures (over 2000 degrees) torches transfer to small areas on the castings, not to mention the large amounts of dark smoke dissipated into the environment, and open fire hazard in the area.  Because the pots are aluminum, damage can start at 1100 degrees, so a Tech must be VERY careful not to over heat and damage the casting, yet provide enough heat and time to fully burn the residue.  We see pots come through our shop that have weak "burn" spots or hairline fractures in the castings that must be replaced.  These are not enjoyable phone calls to the customer as these casting are VERY expensive!  This risk can be eliminated by using Sovereign Machine.

We use a clean, double burn industrial oven (see picture above), with a 6 hour custom heating cycle that slowly builds up heat to 800 degrees, stays at this temperature long enough to burn off all residue, then slowly ramps the temperature back down.  This is the industry standard for burn off systems, which safely provides complete residue burn off of your parts while protecting the casting integrity and the environment.  We then use light sand blasting to prepare the casting for our special Teflon style non-stick coating.

3. Cover parts with a special Teflon style non-stick coating: We almost always recommend this coating for all of the main parts of the glue applicator. This helps to significantly reduce regular maintenance time in your plant, which means increased time between rebuilds.  We have used a ceramic based coating in the past, but now use this coating exclusively due to its superior performance and pricing.

The True Full Rebuild Difference?  Temperatures needed to remove all residue will usually damage or remove the existing non-stick coating on your pot.  Service Tech's will either provide no coating, or spray paint your pot for aesthetic purposes.  Neither of these methods should be acceptable to you as glue residue will build up faster and make routine maintenance difficult, which ultimately shortens your rebuild cycle, costing you more money in the long run. 

4. Inspect all parts: Unfortunately, some parts do wear out and need to be replaced. We understand the pressure on maintenance budgets, and try to re-use as many components as possible. However, gates, heaters, shoes, rollers and such eventually need to be replaced. Another way we save you money is to only replace the parts that will not make it through to the next rebuild, or compromise your productivity.

The True Full Rebuild Difference?  Service Tech's do not have the years of experience working on only glue pots as they have a lot of responsibilities for many brands, machines, and parts.  We only do glue pots, so we have the experience to determine what parts can make it to the next rebuild, and which ones can't. 

5. Modifications: We have been impressed over the years with the engineering and design of all makes of glue pots. However, over time, we have observed that a few minor modifications, depending on your brand of edgebander, will result in better operation, easier cleaning and maintenance, or increased time between rebuilds. We make these modifications as needed. Just another way Sovereign Machine is saving you money in the long run.

The True Full Rebuild Difference?  Again, all we do is rebuild glue pots.  We have seen them all, and know what minor modifications can be made to save you money in the long run. 

6. Complete assembly: We assemble all reconditioned, re-usable, and new parts with proper tolerances, coatings, grease etc... We go through our checklist for your brand of glue pot, insuring that all work is completed, and nothing is forgotten.

The True Full Rebuild Difference?  Again all we do is rebuild glue pots.  We have the experience to know which parts will make it to the next rebuild, and which will not.  We replace only the ones that need to be replaced, saving you money. 

7. Testing, calibration, and return: We inspect and test the mechanical and electrical systems before it is sent back to you. We also calibrate the gates so you don't have a mess on hand when installing the reconditioned glue pot on your edgebander. We then package it and send it to your plant to be put back into productive, profitable service. We guarantee satisfaction!

The True Full Rebuild Difference?  None.  Your Service Tech does this often, and knows very well how to troubleshoot a pot if the heaters are not working or the gates need adjustment.  We basically get the pot ready for your tech to install.

The bottom line is that Sovereign Machine, for about the same price, can provide you with a better rebuild that will extend the life and improve the performance of your glue pot, which will save you money long term!

Please feel free to contact us anytime to discuss any issue with your edgebander glue applicator.  We can help you or your service tech identify potential problems and offer solutions so you don't always have to invest in a full rebuild.  We hope through offering our experience and knowledge at no charge over the phone or via email that we can win your trust, and your business when a rebuild is needed.

When we receive your glue pot, we can proceed in whatever fashion your company requires.  Some of our larger customers have issued us blanket PO's, making the "paperwork" easy.  Many of our smaller sized plants just send in the glue pot, we do the complete reconditioning, call them with a price after we have completed the process, and then they issue a PO.  It is the trust we have built up with our customers over the years that allows us to conduct business this way.  For some of our new customers, an estimated price is required before providing a purchase order.  We can easily accommodate this requirement, too.  Just let us know.

We accept all major credit cards.

We also have a few re-manufactured glue pots available for immediate exchange or purchase.  Please contact us for price and availability.

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