- Prepare screw for pre-work inspection. Remove plastic, rust, etc.,
utilizing chemical cleaners, heat of grit blasters, as required.
- Complete detailed pre-work inspection report. Record screw
LD. Numbers, flight O.D.s, flight O.D.s, flight widths widths, root
O.D.s, O.A.L. seal dimensions, drive conditions, Rockwell hardness,
itemizes additional damage, and a wear analysis is implemented.
- Screws are checked for metal fatigue, cracks by dye penetrant or
megna flux testing. (Note: As through as feed screws are inspected,
some cracks do not show up until they are being welded or ground. Hence,
screws are checked a number of times during the rebuilding process.)
- Processors is called to confirm price, delivery and scope of repair
before any work is done.
- Customers requesting blueprints of their screws for future placement
of manufacture orders are made at this time.
- Detailed four page, step-by-step work orders are issued to the shop.
Work orders have questions for each machine operator to state the method,
material, and dimension or specifications obtained at his work station.
- Screws are centered and straightened, removable tips are taken off,
and tip counterbores are checked for concentricity.
- Hard chrome or other plantings/coatings, if present on the root diameter,
are chemically removed.
- Stress relieving is done as required.
- Existing hardfacing is entirely ground off. Some of our competitors
try welding new hardfacing onto old hardfacing to save money and then
wonder why it is full of cracks and falling off.
- If screws are extremely undersized or have to be severely underground
to remove existing hardfacing, a “buffer” layer of steel
may be applied between the new hardfacing and the base metal of the
screws.
- Screws are pre-heated and maintained to exact temperatures required
for specific hardfacing material and welding methods.
- Major weld repairs of modifications are completed. Serious flight
width deterioration is rectified. Please note: Flite Technology,
Inc., considers minors root repairs, bearing section and register
rebuilding as part of the rebuilding process and does not charge for
this additional work or service.
- Flight surfaces are cleaned with chemical solvents and/or abrasive
which is required for excellent adherence.
- Hardfacing is applied. Welded samples, is required, are available
for metallurgical and microstructure evaluation.
- Screws are immediately placed in and covered with a vermiculite for
nad approximate 48 hours cool down period to eliminate cracking as
much as possible.
- Stress relieving is done, as required.
- Straightened occurs.
- Rough grind screws to an even over-size dimension.
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