Weld Tip offers a nozzle remanufacturing program that allows users of
the Gega style flat seat nozzle to salvage all but the most severely damaged
nozzles. Return the nozzle with a plastic thread protector, (this can be
supplied by Weld Tip), and Weld Tip will ensure that:
1. Acid clean to remove any internal build up or scale
2. Remachine the tip face and seating areas
3. Clean and chase the threads
4. Inspect and remachine the center orifice through bore and
diverge
5. Clean and inspect, using a light table under magnification,
all preheat ports and cross mixing chambers.
6. Functional test
7. Post-test, clean and polish
The Weld Tip remanufacture program includes the complete re-working
of the center hole and the diverge. By doing this we have the ability to
provide more machined stock from the tip face than previously allowed.
Weld Tip will maintain the proper "jet length" and diverge angle
ratio to assure optimum cutting characteristics while allowing multiple
re-facing operations. This process allows us to extend the life of the
tip many times longer than a conventional re-condition.
Weld Tip will recondition any manufacturers nozzle and will guarantee
the remanufactured nozzle to perform as new. This program has been widely
utilized and is highly successful in steel mills throughout the world.
Routine cleaning is always possible in the machine with a wire brush
and tip cleaners. Nozzles that require more extensive cleaning, usually
after several weeks' use, can be cleaned in a dilute phosphorus acid solution
submerged for 8-12 hours.
NOTE: ALWAYS USE CAUTION WHEN HANDLING ANY ACID SOLUTION
Cleaning with warm water and clean air after soaking will suffice for
light contaminants. Other nozzle manufacturers only recommend routine in-house
cleaning that will not remove medium to heavy slag build-up nor repair
any minor damage to the seating surfaces, face or threads. Reconditioning
that only cleans and polishes the nozzle will not gaurantee seat integrity.
It is also critical that the center of the cutting oxygen diverge is remachined
after any facing in order for the proper cutting characteristics to be
achieved by the nozzle. As a provider of flat seat nozzles, Weld Tip will
ensure the nozzle is remachined to original manufacturers specifications
and performance. All nozzles are remachined, reseated, rediverge, and function
fully under a flame test.
