THK linear rail replacement (Automotive)

An Automotive customer suffered a failure of their linear rails (guide blocks had collapsed) on a twin spindle lathe. The production line was critical to operations & replacements from THK were on a 80 week lead-time. Alternative linear rails & guides were sourced as closely as possible to the originals, then modified to suit the application. Project was turned around in 2 weeks from disassembly to rebuild.