Equipment Rebuild & Refurbish

Equipment Rebuild & Refurbish

Rebuild Options

NFM/Welding Engineers, Inc. is world-renowned for its re-engineering and refurbishing of extrusion equipment from any OEM. The professionals at NFM can custom-design equipment and machine components to refurbish and upgrade nonfunctional or outdated processing machinery, often saving you valuable time and money.

NFM OFFERS THE FOLLOWING MACHINE REBUILDING OPTIONS:

  • Complete Machine Rebuild
  • Component Rebuild – Feedsections, Feed Door Assemblies, Barrels, Feedscrews, etc.
  • Gearbox Evaluation & Repair
  • Control Upgrades & Auxiliary Integration

Keeping your extrusion equipment in prime working condition is crucial to your productivity and profitability.

Below are just a few examples of rejuvenating well-used equipment. Use the SLIDER function to view before and after comparisons.

4.5" Rubber Extruder Rebuild:

  • Complete disassembly & inspection
  • Rebuilt Gearbox
    • All new bearings and seals
    • Gearbox run-in test
  • New barrel assembly
    • 4140 w/ bimetallic inlay
  • Rebuilt feedsection w/ new power feed roll assembly
  • New motor coupling assembly
  • New feedscrew
    • 4140 w/ nickel+chrome flight lands
  • Paint & Reassemble
  • Electrical & cooling check-out

4.5″ Plastic Extruder Rebuild:

  • Complete disassembly & inspection
  • New barrel assembly
  • Rebuilt feedscrew
  • Rebuilt gearbox
  • New Control Cabinet & Control System
  • Paint & Reassemble
  • Electrical & cooling check-out

24″ Discharge Barrel & Breech Lock:

  • Sandblast exterior, water flow test & inspect
  • Disassemble breech lock and remove worn liner
  • Grind ID and repair tapped holes
  • Installed new nickel-boron liner
  • Installed new bearing pads and shims
  • Welded end flange counterbores
  • Installed new hinge bushings
  • Machined additional o-ring grooves for improved seal
  • Machined counterbore & register
  • Recut die seat on die holder
  • Drilled all new locating dowels
  • Water pressure tested
  • Cleaned & painted

300mm Twin Screw Barrel Re-HIP:

  • Originally Nitrided Bores
  • Honed Barrel Bores
  • HIP

24" Barrel Rebuild:

  • Originally Nitrided Bores
  • Honed Barrel Bores
  • HIP

TEST YOUR APPLICATION WITH NFM’S PROCESS DEVELOPMENT LAB

OUR INNOVATIVE EXTRUSION TEST PILOT PLANT ALLOWS OUR CUSTOMERS TO PERFORM LAB-SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL PRODUCTION RUNS TO SIMULATE ACTUAL FIELD PRODUCTION CONDITIONS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL US AT 330-837-3868 OR FOR INFORMATION REGARDING A SPECIFIC PRODUCT OR APPLICATION CLICK HERE.