Burner Stand
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Burner Stand
Hello, I work for a company that produces commercial and industrial burners for boilers and I have weird thing I need help with. My company has a training/demo room to show off our burners to possible customers. They have a competitors burner in the warehouse, but it's just sitting facedown on a pallet to show customers how bad the competitor's burner is compared to ours. I've been given the task to fix some parts on it and make a stand or find something to mount it on so that it's in the position you'd see it on a boiler.
So I guess my question is, could I make some sort of stand for the contraption?
So I guess my question is, could I make some sort of stand for the contraption?
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My thoughts.
Think of those forklift toes sitting on the floor on their own but made of 2"x4"x10ga box section steel and placed wide enough to be stable. Now weld on vertically a sheet of 10ga steel plate and cut a hole in it that the piece of the burner, resting on the wooden pallet, will fit into. The hole needs to be high enough up the plate such that the base of the burner (with the wires near it) is around 12in from the floor.
Now drill four holes around the hole and use bolts and oversize washers to clamp the flange to the plate.
If the thing does not need to be lit while on display the stand could be made of 2x4 timber and 3/4in ply.
Think of those forklift toes sitting on the floor on their own but made of 2"x4"x10ga box section steel and placed wide enough to be stable. Now weld on vertically a sheet of 10ga steel plate and cut a hole in it that the piece of the burner, resting on the wooden pallet, will fit into. The hole needs to be high enough up the plate such that the base of the burner (with the wires near it) is around 12in from the floor.
Now drill four holes around the hole and use bolts and oversize washers to clamp the flange to the plate.
If the thing does not need to be lit while on display the stand could be made of 2x4 timber and 3/4in ply.
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In operation, I would assume that the round part sticks through the front of the boiler and the flange is clamped on.
I would cut a hole in a plate of 5/16 or 3/8 steel to fit that nose, reinforce it with some 1x2 rectangular tube, a base extending back under the blower housing made of 2x3 square tube, and put the whole thing on casters like an engine stand. Since it's just a demo piece never to be reused, I'd just weld that flange onto the steel plate instead of messing with bolts and clamps.
I would cut a hole in a plate of 5/16 or 3/8 steel to fit that nose, reinforce it with some 1x2 rectangular tube, a base extending back under the blower housing made of 2x3 square tube, and put the whole thing on casters like an engine stand. Since it's just a demo piece never to be reused, I'd just weld that flange onto the steel plate instead of messing with bolts and clamps.
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Yeah, I took this to a friends house tonight to get the linkage welded... And an engine hoist style looks to be the best choice because the weight distribution is quite odd, plus it probably weighs close to an engine.
But Ford_Six you are correct on how it's supposed to sit.
I'll get my tow straps out and suspend it tomorrow to give me a better idea and take your guys' idea's to help plan out how to do this.
But Ford_Six you are correct on how it's supposed to sit.
I'll get my tow straps out and suspend it tomorrow to give me a better idea and take your guys' idea's to help plan out how to do this.
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