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RM2CGWAYP–. Electric railway journal . fully gone over and any found defective arerepaired or replaced. Electric heaters are installed in all passenger carsand are controlled from the main switchboard. Cabheaters are installed in the motormans cab. The cab brake room, where they are dismantled and thorou;/hlycleaned. The armatures and field coils are removed and.sent to the armature room for cleaning, repairing andtesting. Piston rings, connecting rods, crankshafts andbearings are all carefully examined and all necessaryrepairs are made. Other parts of the air brake equipment, consistingof the brake val
RM2CNWBK7–. The street railway review . esistance coils. Great caremust be taken with the contacts, a care not so necessarywith the voltmeter method. Each method has its properplace. The bridge with telephone is used in the shops ofthe Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Companyof which W. S. Dimmock is general superintendent andIsrael Lovctt electrician. A HINGED CONDUIT. In the construction of a conduit on an electric system thetendency is to make it consi<lerably smaller than in the cableconstruction. This makes drainage, cleaning and repairs tothe conductors difficult. The experience has been
RM2CH1GE5–. The street railway review . that wires will lastalmost indefinitely, the effect of the oscillation of the carand motors not being enough to be noticeable even aftera long time. The nightly inspection should be most thorough. Apoint seldom thought of in the inspection of the new ironclad motors is the external cleaning of the fields and fieldmagnets. Carbon dust and street dust accumulates aboutthe field coils, and becoming mixed with grease, whichcreeps in from no one knows where, sooner or laterdestroys the field. It cannot be blown out with a bel-lows, but must be carefully wiped out with
RM2CH0125–. The Street railway journal . tten the wire, as by placing too muchpressure on the rolls the wire may be seriously flat-tened ; but by properly gaging the pressure of the rollsthe insulation may be cut by the mere action of thepressure, with scarcely any effect of flattening of the wire.The tinning of the leads is then carried out in the usual man-ner, the ends being dipped in a cleaning and fluxing solutionand then dipped into a pot of hot solder; the latter operation isvery rapid, as the coils are dipped and tinned in lots of twelve ered for rewinding, so that an accurate account of the cos
RM2CENA4F–. Industrial gas calorimetry.. connections in the calorimeter are made withunion joints, so that it can be taken apart for cleaning or repairs. The products of combustion pass upward in the combustionchamber, which is formed by a heavy metal tube, impinge againstthe water-cooled casting at the top, flow downward past theradiator coils in the space between the combustion chamber andthe outer annular water space, and are discharged from the calo-rimeter through an opening provided with an adjustable damper. Special Tests.—On page 58 it was shown that by using a longerburner stem, so that the bas
RM2CRFG4N–. The Street railway journal . by the Evans-Almirall system offorced circulation of hot water, the supply being drawnfrom the power house. The heat-ing coils are supported in banks onthe bottom chords of the rooftrusses in the store room, mill, paintand erecting shops. In the repairshop and cleaning room the coilsare banked on the side walls of thepits where the warm air will riseand dry out the equipment standingover the pits. An extra largeradiating surface is provided in thepaint shop to assist in drying thepaint when applied. The shops arelighted with Cooper Hewitt mercuryvapor lamps with
RM2CGTJRJ–. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—DEVICE FOR CLEANING INSULATION FROM FIELD COILS AND REINSULATING THE WIRE in the country, and a tour of inspection through them wellrepays the master mechanic or superintendent who is interested. FIG. 2.—RACK JiiR JlwLlJl.( , AO. IIICIJJ CDlLb FOR RETAPING in the repair of cars or electrical equipment. As a number ofthe tools used in these shops have been especially designed byII. H. Adams, superintendent of shops for the company, someparticulars of them will first be given. REINSULATING MACHINEFig. I illustrates a new device for cleaning insulation andr
RM2CGXM04–. Electric railway journal . Fig. 5—Boston & Northern Shops—Babbitting Devicefor Three Pairs of Sleeves coils, cleaning the coil surface, while one of two layers oftape are left on. The boiler supplying the steam pressurenecessary is connected with the vacuum chamber, in which arecoils for steam heating. The vacuum pump is operated by anelectric motor, together with a paddle in the melting tank.When the plant is in operation one man handles the boiler and. Fig. 7—Boston & Northern Shops—Pipe Bender two strip the coils after treatment. The exhaustion of theair in the chamber and the introductio
RM2CRFGPB–. Electric railway review . for foundations, brick for the jj^r Shop Practice at Memphis—Wheel with Form for Winding Coils.Also Wire-Cleaning Press. Shop Practice at Memphis—Method of Storing Field Coils andArmatures. in floor area. This structure, erected several years ago, has,as a result of the rapid growth of the system, become toosmall to accommodate the large amount of rolling stock whichhas since been acquired. In view of this condition it has beenfound necessary to make the changes and additions as de-scribed herewith. New Car Storage House.The new car storage house now under construct
RM2CGXEEN–. Electric railway journal . tance required toopen the doors. Equipment Defects—Controller Blow-Out Coils—I It BY C. W. SQUIER, E. E.is necessary that all controllers handling large Trailer Wagons with Automobile Steering Gear forVienna Snow Cleaning—Car Scraper Practice BY LUDWIG SPANGLER, DIRECTOR VIENNA MUNICIPALTRAMWAYS For many years the Vienna Municipal Tramways hasbeen obliged to remove all snow not only from betweenits rails but also for certain distances on each side ofthe rails and even to the curbs. This makes it neces-sary to have equipment which will take care of the en-tire width
RM2CE1F8A–. Marine Engineer . Fg- 4-tight. If any coil becomes defective, a spare coi! can beeasily fitted, or, if one is not at hand, the Ilanges canbe blanked off and the evanoralor used until a newcoil is obtained. Feed-water heaters are made on the same principle,as illustrated by Fig. 4, from which it will be seenthat the centre stand-pipe ana coils are secured to thebottom cover, so that the coils can be taken out for cleaning or repair, as in the case of the evaporator.The action is, of course, the same as already describedfor the evaporator, although both steam inlet anddrain are most convenient
RM2CDXFJX–. Reliable vacuum and vacu-vapor heating equipment . No. 2 Flushing Vacu-Trap Made in J4, Y± and 1 inch sizes Note:—The Vacu-Traps are part of the RELIABLEVacu-Vapor Heating Equipment. They are thoroughlydescribed in this catalog, pages J^6 to 50 inclusive. Sixty-Six HEATING EQUIPMENT THE VACU-GRADUATE PACKLESSRADIATOR VALVE (With lever-handle) The Vacu-Graduate Packless Valve with lever-handle is a quick opening, self cleaning, graduatingradiator valve of new design, which accuratelycontrols the amount of steam admitted to radi-ators or coils. The chart below shows the remarkable simpli-city
RM2CDXFKD–. Reliable vacuum and vacu-vapor heating equipment . No. 2 Flushing Vacu-Trap Made in J4, Y± and 1 inch sizes Note:—The Vacu-Traps are part of the RELIABLEVacu-Vapor Heating Equipment. They are thoroughlydescribed in this catalog, pages J^6 to 50 inclusive. Sixty-Six HEATING EQUIPMENT THE VACU-GRADUATE PACKLESSRADIATOR VALVE (With lever-handle) The Vacu-Graduate Packless Valve with lever-handle is a quick opening, self cleaning, graduatingradiator valve of new design, which accuratelycontrols the amount of steam admitted to radi-ators or coils. The chart below shows the remarkable simpli-city
RM2CGW0XE–. Electric railway journal . 3 ft. 2 in. high, 4 ft. long, and 2 ft. 2 in.wide. A permanent resistance is mounted against theshop wall on an asbestos-covered panel, the wiring beingin conduit. The positive lead for a headlight test iscarried to a receptacle at the side of the bench and aplug connection is provided for the lamp undergoinginspection. The metal cover of the bench is groundedand a lower shelf at the right (not shown in the photo-graph) facilitates cleaning. The drawers are providedwith sheet copper partitions and furnish convenientstorage for coils, carbons, globes and other parts
RM2CED9R7–. Journal. ved in a receptacle whichis in communication with the interior of thesection at the time of discharge only.—W. H. C. Drying apparatus. W. Bartholomew, Assignor to l>ov Laundrv Machinery Co.. Ltd., Chicago, lU. U.S. Pat. 1.189.777, July 4, 1916. Date of appl., Aug. 28, 1914. The articles being dried are contained in a rotary cylinder within an outer casing which also encloses hea,ting coUs. a rotary cleaning screen, a rotary brush for cleaning the latter, and a fan. Air passes from the cylinder through the screen to the fan and thence over the heating coils back to the cyhnder.—W.
RM2CH23X2–. Electric railway journal . * „ „ t ight Lines indicate 4xlxl Frame location of Tank in , Spliced and Riveted . Frameat Corner Posts p y I.Bar i-xli * £ Jf Bar rivited. to Post. j PI. stops each end4 Coils Series Wound 4 O.C. 6alv. Iron ResistanceCoil on^ Porcelain InsulatSj£ Rod Support Coils 4 OX. jxll Bar-All Rivets i steelSECTION H-H tank proper is so made that it can readily be lifted fromthe frame, for the purpose of cleaning, etc. The four heater coils, made as part of the frame, areso placed that there is a clearance of about 2 in. betweenthem and the bottom of the tank. These coi
RM2CH4AP5–. Railway mechanical engineer . 4 4 3.1416 X 5 X 6.5 3.1416 X 5 + F/ff.Z. 1 15.70810 1 1 2= 109.95 in 26.5 Ni = 1 =5.5 16.5 N., = 1-0.5 = 7 1 --H—H VACUUM GLEANER BY HOWARD W. STULLN^achine Shop Foreman, Philadelphia, & Reading. Reading, Pa. F/ff.J. A vacuum cleaner is shown in the drawing which was de-Taper End Helical Springs veloped on the Philadelphia & Reading. It has been in suc-cessful use on that road for about a year in cleaning passen-h ger cars and offices at points where compressed air is avail- N, = 1 and the total number of coils by the formula able. The device is intended to be
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