My job title is industrial maintenance tech. However I have always been willing to take on what ever task they give me.
I installed equipment for our new drive line dept last summer. The dept is up and running. They asked me to learn how to build so I can help out when needed. I thought it would be neat to document the process.
The yokes are a press fit into the tube. There is a hydrualic ram that pushes the yoke into the tube. I have to use a hammer to tap on the yoke to keep in lined up straight. Once its all pressed in and assembled you have to use a dial indicator and a hammer to correct run out and make it run true. When it is all trued up you tack and weld. Let it cool the spin it up to around 1800 rpm and check the built in dials. You want under .005 movement on each dial. If its over .005 you balance it and weld the weight on.
I linked two videos at the bottom.
The welds are semi auto. The machine has a motor and belt to turn the shaft while the welder is welding.
Video of the shaft rotator.
http://s202.photobucket.com/user/SLJCCJ/media/Mobile Uploads/276B0698-3102-4ED9-9FD7-AFF52C82D078.mp4.html
Video of testing and balancing.
http://s202.photobucket.com/user/SLJCCJ/media/Mobile Uploads/185A76B4-26CA-4D27-BC60-6DE847358D6E.mp4.html
I installed equipment for our new drive line dept last summer. The dept is up and running. They asked me to learn how to build so I can help out when needed. I thought it would be neat to document the process.
The yokes are a press fit into the tube. There is a hydrualic ram that pushes the yoke into the tube. I have to use a hammer to tap on the yoke to keep in lined up straight. Once its all pressed in and assembled you have to use a dial indicator and a hammer to correct run out and make it run true. When it is all trued up you tack and weld. Let it cool the spin it up to around 1800 rpm and check the built in dials. You want under .005 movement on each dial. If its over .005 you balance it and weld the weight on.
I linked two videos at the bottom.
The welds are semi auto. The machine has a motor and belt to turn the shaft while the welder is welding.
Video of the shaft rotator.
http://s202.photobucket.com/user/SLJCCJ/media/Mobile Uploads/276B0698-3102-4ED9-9FD7-AFF52C82D078.mp4.html
Video of testing and balancing.
http://s202.photobucket.com/user/SLJCCJ/media/Mobile Uploads/185A76B4-26CA-4D27-BC60-6DE847358D6E.mp4.html
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