| The project was undertaken
to re-align the rotary crop shear of a steel rolling mill, which had become
loose on its foundations. Wear had also taken place in the bearing bores
and the main cover was distorted. The work involved the supply of an over-sized
chock, which was finish machined to size after site inspection and investigation
and the provision of new housing liners and shims to produce the correct
alignment. The main cover was machined to a flat condition to achieve
the correct clamping of the chocks.
The whole project was carried out during a Christmas
shutdown period of five days, saving approximately one week over an
alternative solution that would have required the crop shear to be removed
from its foundations and repaired in a workshop. |
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