Emergency Repair to Air Bag On Clutch Sheer With CPR

CUSTOMER: A steel mill in Ontario

APPLICATION DATE: July 1985

PROBLEM: Unexpected leak in air bag that operates clutch for shear in rolling mill threatened to shut down production.

SUBSTRATE: Rubber

APPLICATION METHOD: Holed area on bag was prepared and CPR Material was applied according to proven CPR application methods.

CPR FACTS: The mill did not have a spare bag in stock and would have had to wait a minimum of 3 days for a replacement bag. CPR repair had mill up and running in just over 18 hours saving hundreds of thousands of $ in lost production.

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

Overall view of shear in steel mill.

Air bag removed ready for CPR repair.

Application of CPR Material in progress.

Completed repair.