Method of reconditioning a railcar coupler
AssigneeA. Stucki Company
InventorRobert Brest
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Abstract
A method for reconditioning a railcar coupler is disclosed, including determining, using a gauge, an amount of wear to a coupler pulling lug; cleaning a surface of the coupler pulling lug experiencing the wear; and applying a weldment to the surface of the coupler pulling lug experiencing the wear to increase the thickness of the coupler pulling lug. The amount of weldment applied to the coupler pulling lug is preferably equal to the amount of wear experiencing by the coupler pulling lug to bring the thickness of the coupler pulling lug back to its original thickness or very close thereto.
Claims14
A method for reconditioning a railcar coupler comprising:
- determining an amount of wear to a coupler pulling lug using a gauge;
- cleaning a surface of the coupler pulling lug experiencing the wear;
- applying a weldment to the surface of the coupler pulling lug experiencing the wear to increase the thickness of the coupler pulling lug;
- wherein the gauge comprises a mandrel structure, a spindle, and a measurement element, the method further comprises:
- inserting the gauge into the railcar coupler so that the spindle inserts into a pin protector of the railcar coupler;
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- rotating the gauge so that the measurement element traverses an arc path across the coupler pulling lug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.