3 jobs in this video.
First job is replacing the bristles on a bucket brush. The rotor is removed from the brush, the old bearing is cut off with the grinder and gas torch. Good practice to replace the bearing anyway so no point wasting time trying to remove it without damaging it. Once its out, the old bristles are removed. The rotor is found to be cracked, so that needed a welding repair. After repairing the cracks, new bristles are put on then the brush is put back together.
Second job is to cut off and replace the brackets on an electric pole grab. The old brackets are removed using the airarc gouger and gas torch, once removed and ground flat, the new JCB brackets are welded on, along with the bracket stops. The grab also needed the bar replacing that joins the jaws together as this was bent. New washers were cut out with the cnc plasma to be welded onto the bar. It was then test fitted and then painted.
Final job of the video it to shorted a conveyor roller. The original roller had snapped and the spare wasn’t correct. The customer needed to be back up and running the next day and with me not having the materials in stock to make a new one, the decision was made to shorten the spare. The bars were first cut through with the 9” grinder and removed. The old end plates were then cut off using the gas torch. The shaft was put in the lathe to have the ends machined down to the correct size and a new keyway was milled. 2 new plates were cut out on the cnc plasma table. The end plates were welded back on and also the bars.
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