Airco welding of locomotive fireboxes . uch fireboxes are subjected are the cause offrequent leaks at the rivetted joints, and theconsequent laying-up of the locomotive forrepairs becomes a matter of first importanceto the motive power department. The Aircoprocess has been producing most gratifyingresults in the correction of these weaknesses,and it is now a matter of record in many rail-road shops that the former lengthy periods forrepairs of locomotives have been greatly re-duced by the substitution of the oxyacetyleneweld for the rivetted seam as well as for otherfirebox repairs. The effici
Airco welding of locomotive fireboxes . uch fireboxes are subjected are the cause offrequent leaks at the rivetted joints, and theconsequent laying-up of the locomotive forrepairs becomes a matter of first importanceto the motive power department. The Aircoprocess has been producing most gratifyingresults in the correction of these weaknesses,and it is now a matter of record in many rail-road shops that the former lengthy periods forrepairs of locomotives have been greatly re-duced by the substitution of the oxyacetyleneweld for the rivetted seam as well as for otherfirebox repairs. The efficiency of such work is shown bythe increased strength of joint, its tightness, itsadded expansive characteristics, and the facilityand speed with which the repairs may be cost of the work is less than that of rivet-ting, depending on the skill of the welder. The methods of welding described in thebooklet have been devised with the assistanceof Messrs. George L. Walker, and R. of the Airco Engineering CONTENTS Page Full-welded Fireboxes 7 Semi-welded Fireboxes 9 Semi-welded Half Side Sheets 11 Full-welded Half Side Sheet 13 Side Sheet Cracks 15 Full-welded Door and Flue Sheets 17 Patches on Firebox Sheets 19 Patches on Flue Sheets 21 Patches on Mudring 23 Door Collars . 25 Door Holes 27 Knuckle Cracks and Patches in Door and Flue Sheets 29 Building-up Worn Edges of Firebox 31 Full-welded Half Door Sheets 33 Half Door Sheets Rivetted to Side Sheets 35 Welding Steel Beams 37 Welding Various Kinds of Cracks 37 Welding Patches on Cylindrical Shells 38 Welding Locomotive Flues 38 General Welding in Locomotive Shop 39 Airco Service 40
Size: 1342px × 1862px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidaircowelding, bookyear1919
