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"A manufacturing company accused of defective welding requested more time to respond to a St. Clair County lawsuit.<br /><br />Circuit Judge Robert LeChien granted defendant Mason Manufacuting&rsquo;s motion for an extension of time to file an answer on Oct. 14. It was given until Nov. 4 to respond.<br /><br />According to the complaint filed Sept. 5, plaintiff Nuplex Resins claiming it incurred more than $30,000 in additional operating costs when welding on a machine built by the defendant defaulted.<br /><br />Mason Manufacturing was hired to build a pressure vessel with a jacket designed to allow temperature-controlled fluids to circulate without tainting the chemical reaction inside the reactor, known as a R-4 vessel, the suit states.<br /><br />Nuplex ordered the machine from Mason after the defendant authorized that it was qualified for the job. Mason Manufacturing delivered the vessel to Nuplex on Jan. 2, the complaint states.<br /><br />However, Nuplex claims soon after the installation, the hot oil running through the machine&rsquo;s outer jacket had somehow mixed with the resin inside the reactor, which was attributed to cracks in the welding of the machine&rsquo;s jacket, the suit states.<br /><br />Mason Manufacturing agreed to repair the leaks, but it only took a few days for before new leaks were discovered.<br /><br />&ldquo;Further inspection showed that two additional welds in the bottom dish of the R-4 vessel had cracked,&rdquo; the complaint states. &ldquo;Mason offered no suggestions for dealing with the cracks and chose not to participate in the repair.&rdquo;<br /><br />Nuplex was forced to shut down the R-4 vessel on March 19 and decided to repair the issue itself. The repair was in excess of $30,000, the suit says.<br /><br />Nuplex accuses mason Manufacturing of negligently failing to complete fusion of the machine, failing to complete penetration and including slag in the weld.<br /><br />Nuplex seeks a judgment of more than $500,000.<br /><br />LeChien scheduled a mandatory status conference for Dec. 10 at 9:30 a.m.<br /><br />Raj N. Shah and Eric M. Roberts of DLA Piper in Chicago is representing the plaintiff.<br /><br />John P. Cunningham and Denise Baker-Seal of Brown &amp; James PC in Belleville represent the defendant.<br /><br /><i>St. Clair County Circuit Court case number 13-L-455</i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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