Our workshop offers these services:

• Complete repairs of stationary, transportable and automotive steam engines
• Overhaul of original parts, manufacture of missing parts
• Indication and operating tests of steam engines
• Making of operating manuals, personell training
• Disassembly, transport and installation of historical engines and boilers
• Making of technical documentation
• Advisory services and technical condition status reports
• Servicing, repairs and revisions of steam boilers of all systems of class 4
• Restoration of steam-powered engines recorded in list of  historical cultural effects and restoration of museum exhibits
• Repairs and restoration of other historical machines

Ringhoffer Machine Works steam engine

At the end of last year, a steam engine from the collection of National technical museum was restored in our workshop.

The condition of the engine was rather good, without signs of excessive wear. The exception to this was a broken slide valve chamber. The engine worked a long time with the chamber repaired, but with excessive steam losses. This leakage was repaired in our workshop, the engine cleaned, reassembled and adjusted. All corrosion was removed by hand, including grease residues and other foreign objects. During assembly, no excessive wear of parts was found, so parts manufacture was kept to minimum, with the exception of a few missing dovel pins, pivots and screws. Damaged surface of parts was scraped and ground with emery paper. The surface was ground to satin finish and the painting was repaired and unified according to original intention of the machine works. After assembly, the setting of slide valve was adjusted, together with sealings and working clearance of bearings. Operation was tested using compressed air.

Steam engine made by Ringhoffer Machine Works, which could be seen in our exhibition as a result of long term lease, will soon bee seen in National technical museum.

Contact:

Filip Kotouček

Chairman of Management board, restoring

+420 605 269 601

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