Storage Facility
Protect your valuable electric motors, generators, and rotating equipment with our climate-controlled storage solutions. By maintaining precise temperature and humidity levels, we help ensure your equipment remains in optimal operating condition and is ready for reliable service when you need it.
Exposure to high humidity and tropical environments can lead to rust, corrosion, and moisture damage that compromise both mechanical and electrical components. Our climate-controlled facility eliminates these risks by providing a clean, controlled environment that preserves the integrity of your equipment during storage.
Moisture can significantly impact electric motor and generator insulation systems. To verify the condition of your equipment, we perform scheduled insulation resistance (megger) testing, with results documented to confirm that insulation systems remain dry and service-ready.
As part of our preventative storage program, we also perform routine shaft rotation every 60 days, to protect critical rotating components. This process:
Circulates lubrication through ball bearings, sleeve bearings, and shafts.
Prevents bearings from developing false brinelling or race indentation caused by prolonged static positioning.
Reduces the risk of shaft bowing in large rotating equipment by periodically changing the resting position of the rotor.
Our comprehensive storage program is designed to extend equipment life, reduce the risk of costly repairs, and provide confidence that your motors and generators are ready to perform when returned to service.
DC motors require specialized care during storage due to their unique design and increased number of electrical windings. When stored in uncontrolled environments, moisture and corrosion can damage brush rigging, commutator surfaces, and critical windings, leading to reduced operating efficiency, premature carbon brush wear, and potential winding failures.
Unlike AC motors, DC motors contain armature, field, and interpole windings, all of which are highly susceptible to moisture intrusion and corrosion. These issues can result in costly repairs and difficult field troubleshooting.
Our climate-controlled storage environment protects these critical components by maintaining ideal temperature and humidity levels, preventing corrosion and moisture-related damage. The result is improved reliability, extended equipment life, and confidence that your DC motors are ready to perform when returned to service.
Every piece of equipment entrusted to our care is assigned a unique identification number and entered into our comprehensive tracking database. All scheduled inspections, testing, maintenance activities, and service records are documented to provide a complete maintenance history throughout the storage period.
In addition to our digital records, each unit is accompanied by an on-site service log that technicians update during every scheduled inspection. Maintaining both electronic and physical records allows us to verify maintenance history, ensure accountability, and keep every motor on a consistent preventative maintenance schedule.
CLIMATE CONTROLLED FACILITY SPECIFICATIONS
Scott Armature Sales & Storage, LLC (“SASS”) storage facility is a 151,000 sq ft series
of buildings located directly adjacent to our existing Scott Armature motor & generator
repair facility. Additional warehouses have been added recently within a 4-miles
radius. All buildings are equipped with 24/7 camera and alarm systems.
The climate in our storage facility is thermostatically controlled to maintain humidity
control year round.
LIFTING CAPABILITIES
20 ton cranes operate the entire length of (2) buildings. 10 ton cranes operate the
entire length of (2) buildings. Our newest building is equipped with (2) 30 ton cranes. We also have supplemental cranes in each of our buildings ranging from 5 ton to 15 ton.
In addition to overhead cranes, we have (5) forklifts that range from 4,000lbs to
36,000lbs.
UNIT TRACKING & DOCUMENTATION
Units arriving for storage will be cataloged and assigned a location number. The
location number along with any other requested information will be forwarded to
customer to facilitate their record keeping. Existing nameplate data and any pertinent
plant id # or equipment id # will be included in the storage record.
Units on arrival will be photographed with a digital imaging camera to facilitate time
stamping and for documentation of arrival condition. Copies can be furnished to
customer upon request.
Upon arrival, units will be meggered to establish a base line.
Units will be meggered immediately before departure.
MAINTENANCE OF STORAGE UNITS
All motors designed with oil-lubricated bearings will be stored with oil in the reservoirs.
Stored units will undergo shaft rotations every 60 days at no additional charge.
Stored units will be meggered once annually at no additional charge.
A maintenance log will be recorded for each unit and available for review by the
customer upon request.
AVAILABILITY OF STORED UNITS
Stored units will be available for shipment 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Shipment of units by common carrier may require slightly longer callout times, per the
availability of the carrier’s vehicle.
Customer will be notified at time of departure for all units leaving the storage facility.
STORAGE FEES
Storage fees are typically calculated on a per square foot basis with adders for height and weight. Storage fees will be billed quarterly in advance.
INSURANCE
For the protection of the items in storage, Scott Armature Sales & Storage, LLC purchases a
Warehouseman’s Legal Liability Coverage Policy with an eight million dollar limit, Property of
Other’s Rider of one million dollars and general liability coverage of one million with a ten
million dollar umbrella. All property warehoused in our facility is at the depositors risk of loss
as outlined in the next section.
LIABILITIES
The liability of this company, in the absence of other written agreements, is limited to
the reasonable care and diligence required of a warehouseman by law.
All property is warehoused at the depositor’s risk of loss, damage or delay due to
acts of God, war, civil or military authority, insurrection, riots, acts of terrorism, nuclear
contamination, failure of utility services, computer related failures, or by malicious acts of third
persons, or enemies of the government, or for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature and
howsoever caused if not caused exclusively by the failure of this company to exercise all the
ordinary degree of care required of a warehouseman by law.
Moreover, all property is
warehoused at the depositor’s risk of loss, damage or delay due to restrictions of civil or
military authority, failure of utility services, computer related failures, work stoppage, strikes,
picketing, boycotts, embargoes or other labor disputes, involving employees of the
warehouseman or others, regardless of the cause. This company assumes no responsibility for
losses arising from flood or the influx of rising or surface waters, corruption, earth movement
whether sinking or rising, or any cause beyond control of this company in the exercise of the
ordinary degree of care required of a warehouseman by law.
In the case of property damaged or loss through the negligence of the
warehouseman, our liability is limited to the lesser of either 1) the reasonable market price
of the property on the date of loss or damage, or 2) the insurance coverage remaining in
effect under our policy of insurance. The aforementioned limitation of liability amount may
be subject to increase by a written request either at the time that the storage agreement or
warehouse receipt is signed or received, or within a reasonable time thereafter, and in such
cases increased storage rates may be charged based on the increase in said valuation.
Rates are on the basis of this maximum liability, and in the event a depositor desires an
excess value, proportionate rates to cover an added liability on the part of the
warehouseman will be assessed.
Any provision herein which is in conflict with any local, state or federal law
applicable to the transaction involved shall be inoperative as to such transaction but shall
not void or affect the legality of any other provision. The provisions hereof, and the rights
and remedies of the parties, shall be governed by the laws of Louisiana.
WARRANTY
Electric motors repaired at Scott Armature, will receive a five year warranty to begin
on the date they are placed in storage. The standard one year warranty will begin upon date
of shipment within the five year period.
Please contact Kip Schellhaas listed below for pricing and availability.
Storage Contacts
