US Patent 7591107 Portable facility and process for reconditioning antifriction bearings

A portable facility, that is delivered to a shop where wheel sets for railcars and locomotives are repaired, contains equipment for reconditioning antifriction bearings that are stripped from the wheel sets. The facility includes an enclosure that contains equipment for inspecting the raceways of the bearings, for repairing the raceways, for opening and closing cages of the bearing to release and again confine its rolling elements, for measuring end play in the bearing, for lubricating the bearing, and for pressing seals into the bearing. In addition, the facility has a deck that supports equipment for disassembling the bearing and for removing grease from it.