| Belzona Refurbishes Loader | | | Industry:General Industry (GIND) | | | Application:Mechanical Power Transmission (MPT) | | | Customer Location:Heavy plant manufacturer, Alabama USA | | | Application Date:1998 | | | Application Situation:Loader lost a grease fitting and lack of regular lubrication resulted. | | | Problem:Sloppy pin fit allowed too much movement in the bucket arm. The bushing wore away allowing metal damage and lifting problems. | | | Products:Belzona® 1111 (Super Metal) | | | Substrate:Steel | | | Application Method:Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet MPT-7. The new bushing was used to form the new pin fit with Belzona® 1111. | | | Belzona Facts:Line Boring the fits was over $3000. The Belzona repair was less than $500. Repair lasted over 5 years. The repair was completd in a 5 hour period while the alterntive was a weeks downtime | | | Photographs Description
- Overall view of the loader
- Worn pin fit
- Aligning the new bush
- Final repair after new bushing is inserted
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