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July 27th, 2010
Thomas the Tank Engine – main drive cylinder block Thomas the Tank Engine, the children’s favourite made famous by Rev. A. Awdry, has recently undergone a serious repair by Metalock Engineering for Quainton Railway Society in Buckinghamshire.
Originally built by North British Loco in 1939 for ironworks service, 24564 Coventry No 1, now with its alter ego as Thomas the Tank Engine and operated by QRS, was suffering from an extremely worn and corroded main drive cylinder block. On this design the cylinder block is located between the frame, underneath the smokebox. Such was the condition that there was a hole between the smokebox and one of the cylinders, considerably reducing the loco’s efficiency. The solution was to line bore the cylinders, fit sleeves and undersize pistons. Having heard that Metalock Engineering had done similar work, QRS contacted them and following a survey Metalock undertook to carry out the necessary reboring work, manufacture and install two new cylinder liners. As soon as the cylinder block had been dismantled and the pistons removed, QRS engineers set about remachining both pistons and fitting new piston rings, thus defining the cylinder bore diameter required by Metalock to complete manufacture of the cylinder liners.
To remove the ovality from both cylinders Metalock removed the minimum amount of material to provide finished diameters of 18.25 inches(463 mm). At the same time they manufactured two 17.00 ± 0.005 inch (432mm) internal diameter, 26 inch (660mm) long cylinder liners and shrink fitted them into position. The liners effectively sealed off the cylinders from the smokebox and restored the original running clearances on the bores.
QRS’s Thomas the Tank Engine is now enjoying a new lease of life at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre pulling carriage stock on special open days, to the delight of children and enthusiastic parents alike. Thomas the Tank Engine now has a new lease of life at QRS with a fully restored main drive cylinder block and new liners.
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July 26th, 2010
JRD Mouldings By restoring two steel roll diameters to original dimensions Metalock helped JRD Mouldings expand its production facilities and broaden its range of seals for the bearing industry more
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PRESS RELEASE
July 25th, 2010
Anglian Water – 12″ pump overhaul Metalock Engineering has recently overhauled a 25 year old 12-inch Allen Gwynne mixed flow bowl pump thatAnglian Water Supplies used for surface water drainage
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Metalock Engineering UK Ltd.
Unit H5 Pilgrims Walk, Prologis Park, Coventry CV6 4QG ENGLAND
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July 24th, 2010
Water Industry – Thames Water Pipe mains water pipe repair Metalock Engineering UK successfully repaired a severe crack in a 48-inch diameter cast iron water main using its mechanical cold
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Metalock Engineering UK Ltd.
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July 23rd, 2010
Thames Water – diesel/gas engine uppper liner landings refurb. Upper liner landings of two Ruston 8AT engines used for power generation at Thames Water’s Long Reachworks were refurbished by Metalock
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Metalock Engineering UK Ltd.
Unit H5 Pilgrims Walk, Prologis Park, Coventry CV6 4QG ENGLAND
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July 22nd, 2010
Process Inustry – Elementis Chromium 6.5m dia girth ring repair Problems with a series of cracks emanating from oval windows between the spokes of a giant 6.5metre diametercast steel main
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Unit H5 Pilgrims Walk, Prologis Park, Coventry CV6 4QG ENGLAND
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July 21st, 2010
Old West Bridge – Leicester Metalock Engineering has been using its cast iron metal stitching expertise to repair and refurbish parapetpanels, copings and cornices on the Old West Bridge that
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July 20th, 2010
Newcastle High Level Bridge – Extensive long term repairs In 1985 Metalock Engineering was contacted by British Rail to investigate the feasibility of a cold repair to the cracked cast
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July 19th, 2010
Ha’penny Bridge – Dublin As part of the restoration of the Ha’Penny Bridge across the River Liffey in Dublin, Metalock Engineering UKcarried out a series of magnetic particle inspection checks
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July 18th, 2010
Codsall Bridge – Wolverhampton Broken cast iron lips that hold parapet panels in place on a Grade II listed railway bridge at Codsall in South Staffordshire have been repaired by
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Metalock Engineering UK Ltd.
Unit H5 Pilgrims Walk, Prologis Park, Coventry CV6 4QG ENGLAND
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July 16th, 2010
Automotive – Toyota UK body panel die repair By responding quickly to a request from Toyota UK to carry out metalocking repairs to a fractured body panel dieMetalock Engineering enabled
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July 15th, 2010
Albert Memorial London The 135-year old Albert Memorial standing opposite The Albert Hall in London has been recently restored to itsformer glory by English Heritage. The memorial is constructed from
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Metalock Engineering UK Ltd.
Unit H5 Pilgrims Walk, Prologis Park, Coventry CV6 4QG ENGLAND
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July 14th, 2010
Curtis Fine Papers – in-situ drying cylinder regrinding Metalock Engineering has enabled Curtis Fine Papers to put their machines back into production in quick-timeand resume production of high quality uncoated
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Metalock Engineering UK Ltd.
Unit H5 Pilgrims Walk, Prologis Park, Coventry CV6 4QG ENGLAND
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July 10th, 2010
Faced with the task of machining the 5.2 metre diameter base table on a raw mill at Lafarge’s Dunbar works,Coventry firm Metalock Engineering UK designed a special machining rig to
Read more about Lafarge Cement – Dunbar Raw mill table repair
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Metalock Engineering UK Ltd.
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