WHEEL CHANGE:

• Working with the set mounted to the change flange
  • Rotate by hand or power the set to a horizontal position.
  • Then raising the table up to contact the face of the worn wheel. 
  • The operator then removes the socket screws from the backing plate. 
  • Once the bolts are removed, the table is lowered to the desired height and the old wheel removed. (The wheels will easily move in and out on several rubber-coated rollers built into the table.) 
  • A new wheel is set in place and raised to the backing plate. The movement is easily controlled to allow for alignment of the dowel pins. There is a tray that can hold a sufficient amount of new bolts, also a picture showing the actual wheel change information.
  • Once the wheel is mounted to the backing plate, it is disconnected from the change flange.
  • The table is then lowered completely.
  • The change flange is then rotated to the home position. This allows for the second backing plate to be moved from the secondary flange to the change flange.
  • The backing plate is then rotated to the change position.
  • The table with the first set is raised up to perform the wheel change on top of the first set, reversing the procedure to place the wheels back in the upright position, either in the crib or after transport to the machine.

  This process allows the operator to do everything with a crane. No setting it down on a floor, a table and then picking it up again. Also not trying to lay the set over on blocks and pushing with a foot. Twisting and possibly breaking eyebolts and chains.

Step #1 Mount backing plate with wheel on            Step #2 Rotate the flange until horizontal.

              the flange.

          

Step #3 Raise the table up until you contact              Step #4 Remove the two bolts that hold the

              the face of the worn wheel.                                            backing plate & wheel to the flange.

        

Step #5 Lower and remove the socket head           Step #6 Raise and re-attach the two bolts that hold  

              bolts from the backing plate.                                       The backing plate & wheel to the flange.

        

Step #7 Lower and discard old wheel and                    Step #8 Raise and re-attach the socket head          

              replace with new wheel.                                                bolts that hold the wheel to backing plate.

      

  Once the new wheel is mounted to the backing plate, it can be disconnected from the change flange, lowered and stored on the roller table if desired. This will allow for a stand by set of new mounted wheels to be stored on the storage end post.