Method for reconditioning a railcar articulated connector
AssigneeTTX Company
InventorsRichard A. Brueckert, William A. Guess, Donald F. Kroesch
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Abstract
A method for reconditioning a railcar articulated connector is provided. The method comprises the steps of marking a surface of a portion of an articulated connector to divide the surface into sections, pre-heating the surface of a portion of an articulated connector, adding weld to a first section of the pre-heated portion of the articulated connector, and adding weld to a second section of the pre-heated portion of the articulated connector.
Claims19
A method for reconditioning a railcar articulated connector, the method comprising the steps of:
- marking a surface of a portion of an articulated connector to divide the surface into sections;
- pre-heating the surface of a portion of an articulated connector;
- adding weld to a first section of the pre-heated portion of the articulated connector;
- and
- adding weld to a second section of the pre-heated portion of the articulated connector.
A method for reconditioning a bottom bearing surface of a male portion of an articulated connector, the method comprising the steps of:
- adding weld to the bottom bearing surface one octant at a time;
- machining the welded sections;
- and
- allowing the welded sections to cool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.