I would guess that it is an impeller housing for either a water pump or, if used in the reverse, as a turbine housing for a water driven generator. With water entering through the side "fins" and exiting through the large lower opening as it turns the impeller,
base for a raymond roller mill, bull ring fits into top hole, gearbox fits in the bottom and wear plate bolt into the ports to stop it getting into that condition
Seems to check out, looked at some of the principals of operation for a raymond roller mill, and it does look like that, with the fins shaped that way because of resource extrication being toroidal pressured air, so it is pneumatics and not hydrolics as people seem to assume. Nice catch.
Maybe a stator/base for an O-Sepa classifier for a cement plant? 'Couldn't find an exploded-view drawing quickly, but it will be something like that. 'Problem is that without knowing what it's for, it's difficult to get it even remotely close to correct.
Sad that many of the companies in America sent their work out to be performed in places like this. But then, all of the safety and other government mandated protocols have made working in America too expensive to follow the rules and labor requirements here. But the quality is still "Job One" with these companies! At least they say it is...
It looks like the base of a water turbine. If the bearings were out of alignment or the impeller out of balance, that could cause cracking and failure we can see.
That's some seriously heavy duty shop equipment and some precision work but I was most impressed with was that machinist perched on that flange like a bird. It looks like he could have stood there and done the work but he chose to perch.
I commend the craftmanship and injenuity of the workers. Seems lack of safety shoes will be a forever problem. I noticed a large helical gear sitting in the dirt. I was taught to never get a precision `part get exposed to dirt. I know that the men use rags to clean parts with . Rags (especialy used ones ) just arent good enough in precisions work. Perhas as concrete floor is in the future.
In plenty of countries things are repaired. Common stuff such as a toaster, worth $20 new? Never. An arm from an earth mover, worth $20,000, currently not in stock with the OEM and not on backorder either. Oh, and will take weeks if not months to obtain fro the OEM. Definitely repaired. The object above looks like an expensive item. Definitely worth repairing an any country. The turbine or pull a, or whatever it is from is going to be locum, much more costly to replace. Let alone time to obtain the replacement unit.
Being cast iron it would be difficult to repair , its a good repair , just the pins are in the water flow , suspect a newly cast one is in its future, if it was cast steel it could be welded , but it looks cast iron , a sparkle test woukd prove it
"How We Repaired This Giant Thing ...". I wouldn't say that it was a "repair" at all! The number of bolts added were not nearly enough to take the loads that the broken flanges had carried. This must just be the 1st step - all those broken flanges were probably going to be welded while the added bolts held them aligned.
Why wait till the last moment (it was on the back of the vehicle) to drop in the remaining bolts, and then not add the nuts? I bet someone asked "did we make too many bolts n nuts".
@@1SweetPete I stand corrected, I believe it is a stationary "VOLUTE" for a macerator impeller. BOTTOM INTAKE. Big work there. I would guess 1000 - 1500 horse power. Love the classic old machinery and the "we can fix anything attitude and spirit " keep everyone safe, be well, prayers 🙏.
Occupational Health and Safety would have an absolute fit about these conditions, there are SO many things, wrong I doubt they would know where to begin!