JD Machine protects precision production with Torus
Industry
Manufacturing — Precision Machining & Fabrication
Headquarters
Pleasant View, UT
Company Size
Mid-Market
Primary Use Case
Critical Load ackup
JD Machine has been making precision parts since 1979. Today, the company runs a 60,000-square-foot facility in Pleasant View, Utah, with 220 employees and a 99.5% customer satisfaction rate on mission-critical programs across aerospace, defense, medical, and energy. JD Machine partnered with Torus to stabilize the power feeding their CNCs and EDMs, protect against the summer brownouts disrupting production, and bring their electricity costs under control.
Challenges
- Six brownouts in one summer halted production on high-value EDMs, with up to three hours to recover from each event
- In 2024, an outage damaged a CNC machine, resulting in significant replacement costs and lost revenue
- CNC mills, lathes, and electrical discharge machines draw heavy current during startup and operation, creating sharp demand spikes that raise utility charges during peak production hours
Outcomes
- Millisecond voltage correction and up to 15 minutes of battery backup per meter, keeping EDMs and CNCs online through voltage dips and outages
- Active power quality correction that protects equipment from the conditions that cause premature failure and recurring repair costs
- Reduced demand charges by peak shaving spikes from production runs and equipment start-ups
Energy infrastructure designed to scale
JD Machine has been making precision parts since 1979. Today, the company runs a 60,000-square-foot facility in Pleasant View, Utah, with 220 employees who serve aerospace, defense, medical, and energy customers. JD Machine partnered with Torus to stabilize the power feeding their CNCs and EDMs, prevent summer brownouts from disrupting production, and bring their electricity costs under control.
“This should hopefully fix our power quality issues. Even without the bill savings, we would still do this deal because our power quality is so bad.”
— Jared Wardle, Production Manager, JD Machine
No capital cost through the Wattsmart Battery Program
Rocky Mountain Power's Wattsmart Battery Program covers the full upfront cost of the Torus system — JD Machine just pays a low monthly subscription. In return, they get power quality correction, peak demand reduction, and time-of-use rate optimization that lower their monthly bills and deliver more consistent, reliable power.
