George Lendich wrote:

Therefore, why not replace the Aluminium wear face completely with a

Steel,

Cast Iron, Titanium, insert face plate with stand-offs to allow

bolting

from

the other side (rear) of the housing.
Your double use seal could be a triple use seal in this application.

Instead on a split end/centre housing, you could have much simpler

sections

with the face plate section inserting into the housing, bolting from

the

rear and sealing from the sides of the wear plate, much in the same

way

as

you suggest now. By bolting from the rear into stand-offs you have a

much

more stable platform for the wear face.

The end housing could be easily sand cast as would the wear face,

this

is

just, IMOP, a natural progression from your previous suggestion.
George (down under)

I need a drawing or a sketch :)

Paul Lamar

Paul
Will work on that for you!
George (down under)

Richard wrote:

George

That is exactly what I am doing on the one-rotor.
It is an extremely low risk solution.

Richard Sohn
N-2071U
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