The solution of the reliability problem in the repair process of the plates of the silica bricks press boxes

The research analyzes recommendations existing in different sources of information for the choice of methods of strengthening and reconditioning of worn machine parts. These methods include: the method of electric arc deposition, chemical-thermal treatment, gas-powder deposition, gas-powder and plasma spraying, electric arc metallization. As a result of studies of wear of the working surfaces of the plates of silicate brick press boxes, we define that the plates wear out unevenly and the thickness of the worn layer varies between 0.3 ... 2 mm. Technological method is chosen as the method of the plate reliability enhancement and maintaining. One of the main technological stages of reliability formation is machine parts strengthening using the methods of strengthening technologies, namely electric arc metallization. Wire models Нп-65Г, ФМИ-2, Нп-40Х13 are used to develop wear-resistant coatings with desired properties. Technological process of the plates repair consists of the following basic operations: plate preparation, wire preparation, plate coating, plate grinding, final checking. Single and complex reliability indicators are determined by testing a set of the plates and registering all the indicators (operating time, failures, faults). The value of the economic reliability index of the plate Kе equals to 0,10. Higher plate reliability is achieved at the expense of extra cost for plate strengthening using wire Нп-40Х13, and the price of Bн plate reliability is 104,83 UAH. Complex indicators of reliability of the reconditioned plate of the silica bricks press boxes are used for more complete reliability assessment. Availability coefficient Kг. equals to 0,995 and characterizes two different properties simultaneously: reliability and maintainability. Coefficient of technical use Kт.в. equals to 0,974 and most fully characterizes the reliability of the plates because it considers time in the process of maintenance, repair and failure restoration.