CUSTOMER PROBLEM: A manufacturer of engineered steel bars was replacing furnace cable every single week for all 6 units in its melt shop. Cable was routinely failing due to high temperatures associated with the environment, molten steel dropping onto the jacket (which also becomes abrasive once hardened), and cuts from being dragged around and run over. For each weekly failure, the cost to replace cable totaled $418 in parts and labor, which

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