Conveyorized system for rebuilding tread and disc brake actuator units for use in railway cars

A conveyorized system for disassembling, inspecting and rebuilding brake activator units used on railway cars, comprising:

• a. a disassembly station including a series of predetermined disassembly tools which are worker operated to disassemble a said unit into component parts;
• b. an inspection station including a series of predetermined inspection tools which are worker operated to inspect predetermined parameters on selected ones of said components;
• c. a repair station including a series of predetermined repair tools to repair said predetermined ones of said components;
• d. an assembly station including a series of predetermined assembly tools to reassemble said unit with said inspected and repaired and/or replaced components;
• and
• e. conveyors between at least selected ones of said stations for conveyance of said component parts therebetween,
• wherein said brake activator units include spring biased components, said disassembly station including means for manipulating a spring in said unit to remove spring force from a fastener in said unit to facilitate removal of the fastener and thereby the spring and selected ones of said components from the unit held together between the spring and fastener.

A production line assembly for disassembling, inspecting and rebuilding brake activator units used on railway cars, comprising:

• (a) a disassembly station including a series of predetermined disassembly tools which are user operated to disassemble a said unit into component parts;
• (b) an inspection station including a series of predetermined inspection tools which are user operated to inspect predetermined parameters on selected ones of said components;
• (c) a repair station including a series of predetermined repair tools to repair said predetermined ones of said components;
• (d) an assembly station including a series of predetermined assembly tools to reassemble said unit with said inspected and repaired and/or replaced components;
• and
• wherein said stations include first and second sub-areas respectively containing separate sets of said predetermined tools to enable the disassembly, inspection, and reassembly of tread brake activator units and disc brake activator units in the respective sub-areas.