Last year I said that 2015 was a very busy year, and we had many wonderful accomplishments. Well, 2016 blew 2015 away! On March 31st we expanded CBT further North up the 1-75 corridor with our new location in Sidney, Ohio after our purchase of FDL Automation. The acquisition and our commitment to the best customer support have taken our workforce to 207 wonderful employees. Our sales teams now cover about 115 miles up I-75 spanning several additional cities, townships, and counties. In addition to the acquisition, we also completed the construction of our new headquarters building in Columbia Township. Our move from 737 West Sixth was accomplished on the weekend of July 23rd and 24th. It would not have been possible without the selfless efforts of the entire CBT team. 

CBT partner, Martin Sprocket & Gear, has developed a comprehensive maintenance and troubleshooting guide for some of their most popular products. This multi-functional guide covers how to properly install, maintain, repair, and troubleshoot

• chain drives
• gear drives
• couplings
• synchronous drives
• v-belt drives
• screw conveyors
• drag conveyors
• bucket elevators
• heavy-duty conveyor pulleys
• belt conveyors

Since the invention of the corn dog in 1930, Americans have fostered a genuine love for food on a stick. Hillshire Brands, a global leader in packaged meat and bakery production owned by Tyson Foods, is at the forefront of these innovative food products. The Hillshire plant in Haltom City, Texas produces 58 varieties of meals on a stick from the classic State Fair corn dog to turkey dogs with a honey sweet batter to maple breakfast sausage wrapped in apple cinnamon pancake batter. 

Some jobs can be handled quickly and easily by on-site maintenance technicians, others require professionals to ensure the job is completed in an accurate, timely manner. When those instances arise, think CBT. We have the capabilities to handle all your maintenance, upgrade, and support needs.

When the application’s a tough one – think aggregate, mining, logging, metals – it needs a belt that’s even tougher. To meet this need, CBT partner Apache is introducing new extreme-duty belt specification with the durability to stand up to even the most challenging uses.

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released their list of the top 10 Safety and Health Violations for 2016. 32,000 inspections of workplaces completed by OSHA were conducted to compile the data. Year-to-year the list of citations rarely changes. The inspectors see thousands of the same on-the-job-hazards across hundreds of industries; any one of which could result in a fatality or severe injury.

The Department of Energy’s revision to the 2007 EISA regulations requirements for minimum energy efficiency went into effect in June requiring most continuous duty, general purpose, commercial, and industrial electric motors to be at least premium efficient. Mandating higher motor efficiency levels is about managing resources and protecting the environment. 

In today’s age of high-efficiency production and processing, thousands of dollars’ worth of automation and monitoring devices and equipment rely on robust cabling solutions to work properly. To ensure reliable signal transmission, you need cabling designed, tested, and proven to meet your application’s high-performance standards.