METHOD OF REPAIR OF OVERSPRING BEAM CENTER PLATE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; repair of rolling stock at car repair plants and depots. SUBSTANCE: reconditioning of support surface 2 and outer bead 4 of center plate is carried out by fitting plate-shaped stamped insert with through center hole flush with preliminarily machines socket of center plate. Inner dimensions of insert are made to corresponding design dimensions of center plate. Machining of socket is carried out to external dimensions of insert which is then welded over contour to surface 2 and end face surface of bead 4. Inner bead 7 is restored by welding-in of bushing into preliminarily machined hole 5. EFFECT: improved quality of repair. 2 dwg