Today we started welding on repairs to the firebox!!! The decision was made to start on the largest repair area. Our technical department had an issue with this, but it was resolved. Todd took about 4 hours to position and align the patch. Randy Woehl assisted him as this was a heavy repair. It took […]
The crew removed the sand dome this week. Prior ultrasound inspections were done by testing from inside the boiler with the sand dome in place. However, since our larger reason for removing it completely today was to replace and reinstall the new plumbing, steam supply lines, it was an added bonus that we will be […]
We got a lot of ultrasounding done on the left (fireman’s) side. The readings were good….even excellent. We even got readings done back in behind the air pumps.
Jim Vanderbeck smoothing out the areas where stay bolt covers had been removed. This is to remove the slag that remained after they were taken off.
Upon reviewing some of our ultrasound results, we hired a local Industrial and Mechanical Contracting company (CH Murphy) to assist us in the removal of sections that need repaired and/or replaced. In this image, a CH Murphy employee is cutting out some of the throat sheet. As you can see in the image, the floor […]