Let us recycle, not scrap

Abstract

A few years ago, energy conservation and raw materials waste were not a great concern to most industrialists. Now, after the severe winter of 1976–77 and its energy shortages, we are definitely concerned for our future supply. After numerous manufacturing plant shutdowns and the increasing number of unemployed people, we are now taking steps to conserve our natural resources. These drastic shortages were not experienced by the entire country. Therefore, are we all going to be conscious of conserving, or will it be just the people who were directly affected? I feel it's the responsibility of each individual in his respective field to seek out areas of possible waste of natural resources and make corrections. REMS Corporation, Tri-City Division, of Saginaw, Michigan, and a large corporation in the Midwest, have joined forces to eliminate the needless waste in handling of electric motors not economical to repair. Ordinarily, these motors would be scrapped. REMS Corporation, an electric motor repair shop, and our customer, a leading industrial manufacturer, saw a need for this program in 1974. The following information will explain in detail the method of how this program successfully operates and will point out the obvious and hidden advantages. We would like to share this system with other related industries. With our success in this program, here also is a potential for others to improve their handling of electric motor repairs to conserve energy and bring a halt to waste.