sam.welds

Chute liner and dust pipe replacement at this concrete plant. Our guys went over last week and removed the old liners and dust pipe and I went out with them today to install the new, 3/4” thick chromium liners and new dust pipe. As usual, it took a good bit of rigging and wrestling to get everything in place and situated properly. We also welded 3/8” AR400 strips on the back and bottom corner of the pipe where the stone constantly hits it inside the chute to help make it last a little longer.

Spent last Friday 90’ in the air helping our favorite asphalt plant employees get back up and running.
The head shaft walked in the bearings far enough that it sent the chain into the side of the drag slat and caused mass destruction.
Thankfully they were able to empty all of the asphalt out of the drum and most of the drag before we got there. We removed what was left of the old coupling and hubs, and then installed new hubs. Then we picked up the weight of the gearbox with a crane to help straighten the frame, and fine tuned the alignment with a come-a-long before welding both sides of the frame back together and adding gusset plates. After that we installed the new gearbox, pushed the shaft back together center, re-tightened the taper lock in the bearing, and fired it back up.