How to seperate sealed Drum

[Madmac]

Re: How to seperate sealled Drum

leavemetogetonwithit wrote:Wilf is talking about labour only. I think it may well happen that as time goes on the production of complete sealed drum units will become so normal that they’ll be almost as cheap to buy as a spider and bearing kit.
We’ll be able to wear suits to work when that happens and not get our hands dirty. 😆
Mike.

An interesting thought Mike. While i hate the whole wasteful welded drum thing, if thats the way the things are going then we will just have to make the most of it.
In one way, if as you say we can eventually source the units at reasonable money, it will be nice to just whack a complete tub in not much more than half an hour. No more swearing at stuck bearing races, peering at spider shafts & wondering whether to reuse or scrap & no more listening to customers assurances that they’ve ‘only run it for 2 days noisy’, when the metal dust where the bearings used to be tells you it was probably somewhat longer :rolls:

Yip, i must admit as i get older a really tough bearing job is something i dont really look forward to any more & 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} less hassle would be fairly appealing to be honest.

Just not sure if A. the prices for the things will ever come down enough to be economically viable. B. It will be possible to keep in stock all the drum types we encounter, they are rather bulky items. & C. If it will be possible to have these things re-cycled cost effectively.? Hmmm having a few bearing & spider kits in stock seems far simpler come to think about it.. 😕

[Madmac]

Re: How to seperate sealed Drum

Well,well.. guess what i had the lid off today.. a brand new Zanussi jet system ZWF 1479W 8kg machine WITH….wait for it………A SPLIT DRUM!!
Yup, no plastic welding, just the good old fashioned big screws with the 8mm heads we know & love 😯

Looks like a newly developed tub, the join is 1/3 back from the front of the drum, & the front of the cabinet comes off, so looks like it would be similar to working on an old Hotpoint when it comes to bearing change 😯

Of course the induction motor might not generate much work for us poor souls but we cant have everything i guess 😥
Well, i hope ‘lux group fit this drum & cabinet across the range, its a welcome sight i must say. :tup:

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