B&G Macine's State of the Art Balancer

One of the many things that sets B&G Machine apart from others in our industry is our continuing investment in advanced technology that helps us deliver superior results to our customers.

In 2009 B&G became the first to install a computerized balancing system complete with custom bob weights and tooling allowing us to test and balance crankshafts with unmatched precision.

Balancer's Computer Screen

This system, along with the experienced team of technicians here at B&G, has also allowed us to pioneer the development of new reconditioning and re-manufacturing techniques. Crankshafts with damaged or missing counterweights, counterweight pad fretting and other problems that might have once been considered total losses can now often be restored, reducing downtime and saving our customers dollars in the process.

Below is a brief video that introduces you to our balance department and state-of-the-art system. Please take a moment to check it out. And if you would like more information or a tour of our engine reman facilities, please feel free to give us a call. We will be happy to accommodate you.

Click Video to Watch

About B&G Machine

B&G Machine has nearly 60 years experience servicing high horsepower diesel engines in mining, oil and gas, marine and power generation. Our customers operate in some of the toughest environments on the planet and depend on us to ensure their equipment runs longer with less maintenance and downtime. To learn more about our diesel rebuild & re-manufacturing services and our state-of-the-art facilities, contact us today.

It’s a new year and with it we’ve got a lot of exciting stuff going on here at B&G Machine. If you haven’t been able to keep up on all the latest, last month we added a 6th block machining center capable of handling 4,000-plus HP engines, making us one of just a handful of industrial diesel reman facilities anywhere the world with this kind of technology and capacity.

A few weeks ago we also played host to a film crew from the Discovery Channel’s popular How It’s Made series for a couple of days while they shot an episode on what it takes to teardown and re-build a Cat 3516 from the ground up. The episode isn’t scheduled to air until this summer, but if you’d like to watch a mini version, we’ve got a timelapse video of our guys taking a 3524 from block to built in just over 120 seconds. » Click here to watch the video.

And speaking of video, since it’s a new year and all, we thought now was a good time to (re)acquaint you with the people and equipment that have helped make us an industry leader for the past six decades. Toward that end, we have a quick little minute an a half video called “Meet B&G Machine” that does just that. We hope you enjoy it and have a great 2012!

About B&G Machine

B&G Machine has been servicing high horsepower diesel engines in the toughest environments on the planet for nearly 60 years. Learn more about all the diesel rebuild & remanufacturing services B&G Machine offers in its state-of-the-art facilities, and see what makes us an industry leader.

Visit our website at: www.bandgmachine.com or call us toll free (800) 645-2384

With cameras rolling, over a two day period we took them through a complete reman of a Cat 3516 engine from top to bottom. Now that the filming is done it’s back to Discovery Channel’s studios for editing and voiceover to complete the episode, which is expected to air during the new season in the summer of 2012.

While, the air date is still six months off, we took a lot of photos of the shoot that we’d like to share with you now. (Once we’ve got an air date for the episode we’ll be sure to let you know.) Enjoy!

How It’s Made Shoot

(Click on a photo to enlarge)

[Show as slideshow]

[View with PicLens]

SEATTLE – Large industrial diesel engine rebuild specialist, B&G Machine, Inc. announced today that it has added another block machining center to it’s state of the art engine remanufacturing facilities in Seattle, Washington. The new machining center — the company’s sixth — is capable of performing precision block work on the monster-sized 4,000 horsepower engines commonly used in the mining and oil and gas production sectors.

B&G Brings its 6th Block Machining Center Online

“Rapid growth in the North American markets and increasing demand for our big engine reman services prompted us to add capacity,” said B&G Machine vice president, Johnny Bianchi. “With the new machining center we’ll be able to eliminate potential shop bottlenecks and build in redundancy to help reduce costs and overall cycle times.”

B&G’s new block machining center will be dedicated to machining main tunnel bores and lower end block work on some of the world’s biggest diesels. With it, the engines — some twin turbo-charged mammoths larger than a compact car — will receive computerized precession machining measured in fractions of a millimeter ensuring long, problem-free operational lives in the field.

“One of the things that has made us a leader is our continuing investment in the best equipment available,” Bianchi said. “This new center is part of that legacy.”

B&G Machine plans to have the new machining center up and operational by mid-month.

About B&G Machine, Inc.
B&G Machine is a leader in industrial diesel reman and component machining for oil and gas production, mining, marine and stationary power generation. Based in Seattle, Washington, the company’s state-of-the-art 80,000 square foot facility has delivered the strongest, most reliable, and best warrantied engines throughout North America and around the globe for over half a century. For more information on B&G Machine and its services, please contact B&G Machine, 6400 Corson Ave S., Seattle, WA 98108, tel. 206-767-3130, email: david@bandgmachine.com, or on the web at www.bandgmachine.com.

If you’re planning your maintenance schedules on your big engines for the upcoming year, make sure B&G Machine is your top pick for service. Nobody knows high horsepower diesel like B&G knows high horsepower diesel.

Special Offer
B&G is offering free balancing with any Dynamometer Testing or Engine Reman service for a limited time. For more information contact B&G today via email or call toll free (800) 645-2384

» Printer friendly version

With a B&G Reman component critical specifications are known and accessible. Additionally, you benefit from our custom approach to machining that specific part. The combination of new replacement parts and a better warranty stack up to give you a better product.

Take cylinder heads for example. OEM Exchange programs qualify many of the parts — intake valves, seats, guides, etc. These same components have already been run to overhaul and fulfilled their design criteria. Additionally, with an OEM program, you do not know where the casting came from and how it was maintained. Often, the casting you get back is at or below minimum spec.

B&G’s Reman program uses high quality castings so you won’t inherit somebody else’s poor maintenance practices. We also don’t reuse parts like intake valves.

B&G Reman Exchange Programs Offers:

• New replacement parts such as valve train, liners, etc.
• Longer warranty period
• Better warranty coverage
• Knowledge of your component’s specifications
• Better Engine Performance and Relaibility

Whether it’s cylinder heads, cylinder packs, or engine parts, B&G can give you a better product for your engine. Next time, consider B&G Machine’s extensive line of extensive re-manufactured inventory and parts. We’re your quality source for industrial engine components and always focus on making your engines run more reliably.

For additional information on the B&G Reman exchange program and warranties, call (800) 645-2384, or click here to contact us.

B&G Machine Engine Testing Services offer:

Located in Seattle, B&G invites customers to drop by for a tour or our dedicated re-build facilities, to speak with our team of certified CAT technicians, and see the dynamometer testing unit in operation.

Special Introductory Offer

We will create a custom dyno report to include the parameters you want to see—Turbo boost, horsepower, torque, oil pressure, critical temperatures, injector cutout testing—you name it, and B&G will confirm engine balance data associated with vibrational fatigue—at no additional charge.
Hurry! This is a time-limited offer. Call:

(800) 645-2384

» Printer friendly brochure

Got a tired 3508?

Here’s something that’ll grab your attention:

In a recent sample of a dozen D11R engines, B&G engines operated 20% longer than the OEM recommendation.

B&G wants your business…

58 years servicing high horsepower diesel engines in the toughest environments on the planet

Cylinder heads play a fundamental role in extending the service for the top end of your engine. Proper machining, coupled with new valvetrain parts replacement, produces a head that performs better and more reliably.

Custom machining your cylinder heads (versus exchanging with an OEM program) has benefits that give you more control of how your engine is built and expected to run. Proper machining of the head casting reduces gasket leaks, valve failures, and exhaust leaks. Machining the manifold side of each casting as a matched set eliminates associated broken exhaust bolts, manifold fatigue, and exhaust leaks.

Simply put, custom machining the cylinder head and installing all new replacement parts gives you a cylinder head that will outperform any OEM exchange cylinder head. You avoid reused parts, variable machining from casting to casting, and accepting a core that might have been abused in its past service life.

BENEFITS INCLUDE

♦ Better Valve to Seat Contact ♦ Proper Gasket Sealing ♦ Fewer Broken Exhaust Studs ♦ Fewer Manifold Cracks ♦ Fewer Exhaust Leaks ♦ Better Performance, Reliability & Longevity

Machining your own cylinder heads gives you the control of what you are putting back on your engine. With a known maintenance history (versus the unknown history of Reman Exchange castings), custom built cylinder heads work to your advantage right out of the box.

B&G Engines are built with custom machined cylinder heads that are assembled with all new valvetrain. Next time you are building an engine, consider this as an option. If you need a set of heads, we will custom build and match yours so this same performance can be integrated into your rebuild program.

If you have questions or would like additional information, visit: www.bandgmachine.com or call (800) 645-2384.