Patent ID: 11885376
Assignee: AMSTED RAIL COMPANY, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 13:
14. A method of making a seal case for a railway roller bearing assembly, the method comprising:
bending a strip of a first material into an annular configuration;
securing together portions of the strip of the first material in the annular configuration to form a ring;
positioning the ring of the first material in a mold configured to form a seal case for a railway roller bearing assembly;
advancing a second material into the mold;
joining the second material to the ring;
wherein the seal case has a central axis and the mold includes a portion configured to form an annular end portion of the seal case, the annular end portion including a first radial wall, the method further comprising:
removing the seal case from the mold; and
joining a labyrinth stator to the annular end portion of the seal case including positioning a second radial wall of the labyrinth stator adjacent the first radial wall of the annular end portion of the seal case, the labyrinth stator including at least one axial wall extending away from the second radial wall.