Casting Repairs
Successful cold repairs to iron, steel and aluminium components
When industrial components need to be repaired. The Metalock Engineering Saudi Arabia Casting Repair Division is the key to a fast return to productive operation. As part of the world's largest and most successful company specialising in cold repair of cracked or broken industrial components, we use a unique process to repair to cast iron, steel and aluminium components around the world.
Important benefits
Time is money when components are broken and processes are being disrupted. At times like these, nothing is more important than a fast, reliable return to operation – someone's profitability depends on it. That's where the benefits of our unique cold repair casting repair process really come into their own. Key benefits include the following:
- Reduce downtime with convenient on-site repair.
- Avoid stress problems associated with traditional welded repairs.
- Maintain original alignment and reduce the need for further re-machining.
- Get components back in operation as fast as possible.
- Proven support from our highly experienced cold repair specialists.
High temperature repairs (to 550 °C)
When you hire Metalock, you benefit from the expertise that Metalock International Association has gained from development and testing of its new stainless key (MN555). The new key enables reliable repair of components that operate at temperatures of up to 550 °C (1022 °F). As well as being corrosion resistant, the key can also increase the return of strength to a repair.
Are cracked or broken industrial components affecting your productivity? If so, Metalock Saudi Arabia probably has a solution.
Please contact us now for further information.
The Casting Repair Process
Step one (Metalock Repair)
Metalock Repair of an end cover of shaft bearing assembly.
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Step two (Metalock Repair)
The Metalock process is based on sound engineering principles which have been accepted for more than a century.
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Step three (Metalock Diagram)
Step four (Metalock Advantages)
Some advantages of the repair by the Metalock method are:
- Work can be, and usually is, done on site, with usually a very great saving in time and dismantling.
- Maintains alignment and original surfaces.
- Dampens and absorbs compression stresses and spreads tensile strains.
- Provides a good expansion joint on such jobs as cylinder liners.
- Distributes the load away from fatigue points.
- Maintains relieved condition of inherent internal stresses where these were the cause of the fracture, or partial cause.
- Provides a low co-efficient of expansion in the relation to the repaired metal.
- The repair being completely cold does not require the application of hear which could, and often does, introduce fresh stresses.