. American engineer . by a man whosetraining and experience have been altogether in another line, theunequal rates of pay for men carrying the same title, etc. Piston, Piston Rod and Crosshead Repairs Showing What Can Be Done in the Smaller ShopsWithout Special Tools or Facilities for the Work. BY GEORGE BLACK, Canadian Pacific, West Toronto, Canada. The best method for handling this work will vary at dif-ferent places, depending on the equipment available, and whatmight be an excellent method in one shop would not be at allcorrect at another. While the operations will, in general, bethe same
. American engineer . by a man whosetraining and experience have been altogether in another line, theunequal rates of pay for men carrying the same title, etc. Piston, Piston Rod and Crosshead Repairs Showing What Can Be Done in the Smaller ShopsWithout Special Tools or Facilities for the Work. BY GEORGE BLACK, Canadian Pacific, West Toronto, Canada. The best method for handling this work will vary at dif-ferent places, depending on the equipment available, and whatmight be an excellent method in one shop would not be at allcorrect at another. While the operations will, in general, bethe same in the large as in a small shop, the quantity of workdone in the former will justify the devoting of a certain num-ber of machine tools entirely to this class of work, as well asthe purchase of tools especially fitted for this work, while inthe small shop the work has to be done on machines that arealso used for other repairs. In the small shop, therefore, themost that can be done is to arrange the available machinery. ^...^:....j^..^7l—^-—7--J^^ Type of Crosshead to Which the Operations Described AreApplicable. on a compromise basis so that it will be equally well suitedfor the various more important operations. In the following dis-cussion the reader should understand that the methods arethose which are believed to be the best possible for a smallshop without special tools for this class of work. The first operation consists of removing the front cylinderhead and its casing, disconnecting the crosshead. and removingthe piston head and its rod from the cylinder to the operation, including the dropping of the main rod re-quires 57 which is divided as follows: Remove front cylinder casing and head 20 min. Remove wrist pin and drop main rod 12 min. Disconnect piston rod from crosshead 15 min. Remove crosshead, piston, packing and gland 10 rain. Total S7 min. CROSSHEAD REPAIRS. One of the illustrations shows the type of crosshead that isto be repa
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