It's Monday morning after a long holiday weekend, and the first shift is starting with a bang. The slit coil supplier is late with your delivery, the second-shift maintenance person has called in sick, the mill operator is going to be late to work, and you wish you were still at the beach with the family. The foreman gives everyone the production schedule, and the last of the big order you were working on before the Friday shutdown is ready to run. Who's that on the phone? Oh, it's your No.1 customer. He gave you a break on the delivery of the last three truckloads, but he isn't cutting you any more slack-he needs his order NOW! The mill starts up, but before it gets up to speed, you hear a rumble and a grinding sound from the driveline. It gets nothing but louder, and the No. 1 mill drive amp meter goes off the scale.
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