Method for repair of housings
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorDavid Payne
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Abstract
A method is provided for repairing a housing having a bore formed therein, wherein the bore has an original diameter and a surface defined in part by the housing. The method may include the steps of preparing the housing bore by removing wear or damage near the bore surface, brazing a plug to the bore surface with a braze material, the plug having an outer diameter that is smaller than the bore original diameter, and machining the plug and a portion of the braze material out of the bore to the bore original diameter.
Claims19
A method for repairing a housing having a bore formed therein, wherein the bore has an original diameter and a surface defined in part by the housing, the method comprising the steps of:
- brazing a plug to the bore surface with a braze material, the plug having an outer diameter that is smaller than the bore original diameter;
- and
- machining the plug and a portion of the braze material out of the bore to the bore original diameter.
A method for repairing a housing having a bore formed therein, wherein the bore has an original diameter and a surface defined in part by the housing, the method comprising the steps of:
- removing a portion of the bore surface to thereby increase the bore original diameter to an oversize diameter;
- contacting a braze material to the bore surface;
- inserting a plug through the bore, the plug having an outer diameter that is smaller than the bore original diameter;
- brazing the plug to the bore surface with the braze material;
- and
- machining the plug out of the bore until the diameter of the bore formed by the braze material is returned to the bore original diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.