With the machining of the cylinders, racking plate angles, extension frames and the bogie pivot…
Racking Plate angle Rough Machined
The Racking Plate Angles have been machined from solid at CMS, the originals would have been forged. Here they are shown after rough machining. The metal has been left to stress relieve naturally in this condition before they are finally machined to size as they need to be an accurate fit to the extension frames. Another case of turning a lot of metal into swarf.
