Mine Locomotive Axle Repair

Industry:

Mining and Quarrying (MINQ)

Application:

Mechanical Power Transmission (MPT)

Customer Location:

Brown coal Mine plant, Slovakia

Application Date:

2005

Application Situation:

Due the slide assembly wear of shaft axle in bronze bearing the shaft unloading appeared. Direct mark of this failure is big noise level.

Problem:

Failure of the shaft

Products:

Belzona 1311 (Ceramic R-Metal)

Substrate:

Steel

Application Method:

Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet MPT-1. Shaft was turned down and left with coarse thread before being rebuilt with Belzona 1311 followed by machining back to original diameter.

Belzona Facts:

First repair in 2005 was done, still working. From that year had been several of these repairs completed.

Photographs Description

1. Mine locomotive

2. Failure bearing

3. Repair in progress

4. Renovated axle