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Apparatus for rebuilding cylindrical objects

US4242981A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 25, 1979
Grant dateJan 6, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 25, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B13/0654
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus and method for rebuilding the internal surface of a cylindrical object, including a mandrel for supporting the object for rotation about its longitudinal axis, and a wire-fed welding torch positionable adjacent to the interior surface of the object. The welding torch is movable axially with respect to the object during the rotation thereof, so as to deposit material about the interior of the object.

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