| Belzona Restores Bearing Housing | | | Industry:General Industry (GIND) | | | Application:Mechanical Power Transmission (MPT) | | | Customer Location:Construction Company in Florida, U.S.A. | | | Application Date:1985 | | | Application Situation:Self aligning bearing housing for hydraulic ram controlling a bucket loader. | | | Problem:Large intermittent loads caused the bearing housing to become oblong and created a problem for the operator to effectively remove large buckets of earth. | | | Products:Belzona® 1111 (Super Metal) | | | Substrate:Steel | | | Application Method:The application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet MPT-7. | | | Belzona Facts:The construction company had a time clause contract and didn’t have the luxury to weld or get a replacement part. The Belzona Consultant sold the job on Christmas Eve and got the call for the application a week later. The repair lasted for at least three years. | | | Photographs Description
- Oversized bearing housing
- Damage evident during trial fit
- Cleaning off excess Belzona® 1111
- Finished application
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