Radiator Shop

Here’s some before and after pics of an aluminum bar-and-plate cooler for an industrial air compressor. The cooler was leaking due to a large crack. When the cooler came in the cracked area was covered with epoxy in an effort to seal the leak. The epoxy separated due to the difference in thermal expansion of [...]

Here's some pics of a couple Caterpillar haul truck radiators we rebuilt & delivered back to one of our mining customers. The smaller radiator is a 793C folded core radiator with sixty individual cores. The larger radiator is a 793D Mesabi radiator and it has just under eight hundred individual copper tubes. 5435 Desert Point [...]

Here’s some pics of a 793F Caterpillar haul truck radiator we're pressure testing in our test tank. This radiator is a genuine Mesabi with a little under eight hundred individual copper tubes. After the pressure testing is done the radiator will get a final rinse & detailed before delivery. 5435 Desert Point Dr. Las Vegas, [...]

Here's some pics of an industrial bolt-on radiator we recored with a new heavy duty core. This radiator is out of a diesel powered standby generator. The radiator had multiple leaks in the tubes of the core which indicates that the core was pitted & corroded from the inside. Extensive pitting on the insides of [...]

Here's some pics of one of the Caterpillar 793F Mesabi Radiators we have in the shop. This one is coming apart with nearly all of the individual tubes removed. Next will be to remove all the upper & lower rubber grommet seals while the tubes move on to the cleaning & reconditioning processes. 5435 Desert [...]

Here’s some pics of an aluminum heat exchanger that we did a complete overhaul to. This cooler is made with a heavy duty bar-and-plate type aluminum core. The tanks, which some refer to as end caps, are made out of a piece of extruded aluminum so they are very thick, strong & heavy. This cooler [...]

Here’s some pics of a Caterpillar 793F haul truck Mesabi Radiator we picked up for a complete overhaul. Each of the individual seven hundred and sixty eight tubes will be removed & each one cleaned & reconditioned. All new upper & lower rubber grommet seals will be replaced before we reinstall all the Mesabi tubes. [...]

Here’s some pics of a load of work we picked up. On the front of the trailer is a Mesabi Radiator for a Caterpillar 793F haul truck. Behind the 793F Radiator are some Caterpillar AMOCS modular radiator cores & a decent size shell-and-tube heat exchanger. In the wood crate under the modular radiator cores is [...]

Here's some pics of a semi truck radiator we re-cored. The tanks & side brackets all bolt to the radiator core so we call this a Bolt-On Radiator. The top & bottom tanks as well as the left & right side brackets get thermal cleaned & then blasted down to raw metal so they can [...]

Here’s some pics of a Caterpillar 793C haul truck radiator & parts at various stages of our repair & rebuilding process. The 793C Radiator has sixty individual Caterpillar folded core radiator panels which each receive a rod & repair. The top & bottom tanks, center tank/manifold, the left & right side members as well as [...]