Devcon Maintenance and Repair Solutions - Sintemar
Devcon Maintenance and Repair Solutions - Sintemar
Devcon Maintenance and Repair Solutions - Sintemar
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Field Application Reports<br />
Products:<br />
Application Date:<br />
Customer:<br />
Industry:<br />
Location 42<br />
Coupling Bolt <strong>Repair</strong><br />
Titanium Putty<br />
1/2/92<br />
Edison Sault Electric Company<br />
Utility Power Generation<br />
Problem:<br />
These coupling bolts used to join the turbine <strong>and</strong> generator together would receive extreme abrasive<br />
wear from the secondary leather coupling. The past repair method was to remanufacture new coupling<br />
bolts when required.<br />
Solution:<br />
Coupling bolts were grooved on a lathe to a depth of 30 mils. Grooving improves mechanical bonding<br />
properties of Titanium Putty. <strong>Repair</strong> area was then chemically cleaned using Cleaner Blend 300. As the<br />
coupling bolts rotated slowly on the lathe, Titanium Putty was applied to a thickness 65 mils over the<br />
desired dimension. A heat lamp was positioned over the repaired area <strong>and</strong> the coupling bolt was rotated<br />
continually for 1 hour. Rotating eliminates the risk of Titanium Putty sagging. Following a 1 hour cure,<br />
Titanium Putty was machined to original coupling bolt specification using carbide tooling.