The president, founder, and CEO of MOW Equipment, Bill Hamilton, and his team design and manufacture heavy mobile equipment for track maintenance for the freight rail industry. Selling directly to Class I Railroads across the U.S. and Canada, the company is known for its machines that make tie renewal and other maintenance tasks more efficient. MOW Equipment also sells its machinery to companies that utilize rails to move bulk products, along with leasing companies that supply maintenance machines to railroads and contractors.
MOW’s client needed a stationary de-icing machine to remove ice and snow before a quarter-mile rail stick went into the plant for welding. The rail plant was located in Canada, where ice buildup on raw materials is a common problem.
MOW Equipment contacted Finite Engineering to assist on a project when they found they didn’t have the in-house resources to complete it. The deadline was tight, and MOW Equipment knew they could leverage our services more quickly than if they hired additional personnel.
Finite Engineering developed viable concepts for the de-icer with the understanding that MOW’s client would choose one, and Finite would work up a complete design.
Hamilton said that the partnership with Finite Engineering was always about meeting deadlines. The client for MOW Equipment did not end up using the de-icer design, but MOW Equipment continues to watch for an opportunity where it might serve the needs of a railroad.
