AN EMERGING LEGENDSTM SERIES SERVICE
on-site engine & Compressor machining repairs
As part of our Emerging Legends™ series of new products and services, Emerging Legends™ series of new products and services, Cooper is excited to provide field machining to our compression customers.
When time and wear take their toll on hard-working gas compression equipment, it is sometimes necessary to re-machine key parts so they can, once again, perform at their peak efficiency. To assist our customers with this process, Cooper has added robust field machining capabilities to our arsenal and can now service most brands of gas compression and power generation equipment.
Cooper’s field machining services save time and money by providing a cost-effective alternative to equipment removal. Our experienced service technicians can perform multiple machining tasks onsite including base and frame laser alignment, wireline, line bore machining, metal spray, compressor liner replacement, and more. At Cooper, we pride ourselves on servicing most makes and models of high-speed and slow-speed engines and compressors including O.E.M. brands such as AJAX, Cooper-Bessemer, Enterprise, Gemini, and Superior. Non-O.E.M. brands include CAT, Clark, Ingersoll Rand, Waukesha, and Worthington.
With a product line so broad, it is a top priority of Cooper that we employ and train only the finest field machining service personnel in the industry. We qualify our service representatives and technicians to ensure they are highly trained, sensitive to the customer’s needs, and always prepared to provide quality and quick global response — anytime, anywhere. Cooper has strategically located shops all around the globe to serve our customers.
Our field machining technicians are supported by a large and O.E.M.-trained engineering team that maintains deep knowledge and extensive experience in gas compression and power generation equipment. We understand that your equipment is critical to maintaining the operation of gas gathering, gas transmission pipelines and power generation, and we are committed to providing a solution to repair engines and compressors that saves you time and money.
Field Machining Capabilities
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Portable milling
(sole plates, split lines of block & frame, engine top decks, gear boxes) - Wireline / laser alignment
- Line bore main bearings on engine & compressor frames
- Metal-spraying bores to restore to O.E.M. sizes, including clipping & spraying of the caps
- Boring diameters oversize to receive inserts to bring bores back to O.E.M. dimensions
- Boring compressor cylinder end faces
- Boring the liner out, if applicable, & installing a new liner
- Machine / sleeve power liner fits
- Re-line compressor cylinders
- Machining the bore oversize to receive oversize piston & wearbands
- Flange-facing & machining flat surfaces
- Crankshafts, flywheels - key way machining, polishing, straightness checks, & straightening
- Crank pin machining
- Reclaim register fits on various components
- Remove broken bolts & studs
- Ream holes - drilling & tapping
- Metal-Lok crack repair
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Non-destructive testing
(dye penetrant inspection for surface breaking flaws, Magnaflux / magnetic particle inspections (MPI) for surface & subsurface flaws) - Honing - main bearing bores, cylinders, & liner fits
- Replacing water jacket & intake air sealing tubes
- Blower housings
- Consultations with field machining and engineering
Field Machining Tooling
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5" boring bars for machining bore sizes of 8" to 23" for main bearings, crosshead guides, liner fits, com-pressor cylinders, etc.
(Bar Lengths - 7', 10', 13') - 2-1/2" x 5' boring bar for Caterpillar, Waukesha, and compressor frames with mains <8"
- Boring setups (drive heads, feed heads, boring heads, custom boring bearings, tool extensions, expansion rings)
- Wireline kits
- Thermal spray system
- Portable mills
- Magnetic base drills
- Non-destructive
