I bought a used industrial machine (a huge pipe threader).
It is a super nice machine in all respects and was rebuilt in 2007.
However, the reason why it was sold for nothing is that the cast iron
transmission case in it is cracked due to a past accident.
The picture, with the crack highlighted, is here:
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/trans.jpg
You can visualize this as a rectangular casting with one corner broken off. The three highlighted areas are in fact one crack separating only two pieces.
The size of this is about 1x1x2ft.
What I need to do is put it back together. Put in funny terms, I could take these pieces, clean them and "glue" them together, the question is how.
Real glue, obviously, would not work.
Nickel welding would likely not work well either.
It would seem that the pieces could be taken out, really cleaned up, pushed together, heated red hot, and brazed with brass.
Does that make any sense?
What would be the best approach?
Thanks
i
It is a super nice machine in all respects and was rebuilt in 2007.
The picture, with the crack highlighted, is here:
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/trans.jpg
You can visualize this as a rectangular casting with one corner broken off. The three highlighted areas are in fact one crack separating only two pieces.
The size of this is about 1x1x2ft.
What I need to do is put it back together. Put in funny terms, I could take these pieces, clean them and "glue" them together, the question is how.
Real glue, obviously, would not work.
Nickel welding would likely not work well either.
It would seem that the pieces could be taken out, really cleaned up, pushed together, heated red hot, and brazed with brass.
Does that make any sense?
What would be the best approach?
Thanks
i