. Railway mechanical engineer . ■ 1 -^. MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF WELDED TIRES BY SOME time ago, the writers attention was drawn to tliefact that it was rather common practice to fill up slidflat spots on steel tires, and to make other repairs of asimilar nature, by fusion welding methods, with a view tosaving the metal of the tire which would have to be turnedoff to remove the flat spot. This practice was started be-cause of the apparent resultant saving, not only in tire metal,but in repair cost and time, and if the method was successfulit is obvious that this saving would be very grea
. Railway mechanical engineer . ■ 1 -^. MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF WELDED TIRES BY SOME time ago, the writers attention was drawn to tliefact that it was rather common practice to fill up slidflat spots on steel tires, and to make other repairs of asimilar nature, by fusion welding methods, with a view tosaving the metal of the tire which would have to be turnedoff to remove the flat spot. This practice was started be-cause of the apparent resultant saving, not only in tire metal,but in repair cost and time, and if the method was successfulit is obvious that this saving would be very great. But there
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