. The Street railway journal . use in that com-panys repair shops on the Plank Road for some time withexcellent results. Mr. Adams has mounted a G. E. 1000 field rigidly in awooden frame, and next to it a G. E. 1200 field, arrangedso that it can be slid in a direction parallel to its armatureshaft. In mounting these motors armature shafts are keptin line. The upper halves of the fields are arranged sothat they can be lifted back without unscrewing any bolts,the place of the bolts being taken by taper keys. Whena G. E. 800 and 1200 armature have been repaired in theshops they are carried to the
. The Street railway journal . use in that com-panys repair shops on the Plank Road for some time withexcellent results. Mr. Adams has mounted a G. E. 1000 field rigidly in awooden frame, and next to it a G. E. 1200 field, arrangedso that it can be slid in a direction parallel to its armatureshaft. In mounting these motors armature shafts are keptin line. The upper halves of the fields are arranged sothat they can be lifted back without unscrewing any bolts,the place of the bolts being taken by taper keys. Whena G. E. 800 and 1200 armature have been repaired in theshops they are carried to the motors on a traveling hoistand lowered into their places, the pinions coming oppositeeach other. The 1200 motor is then slid along its waysuntil the pinions touch, and the two are connected together by a sleeve, which surrounds the pinions and is fitted withsix set screws which fit between the teeth. One motor isthen run from the railway current, operating the other asa generator, the current for the second motor being taken. testing racks for armatures up by a water rheostat. A switchboard, located near thetesting device, gives the amount of current used and gen-erated. After having run in this way about seven and one-half minutes, the connections are changed by a double-throw switch, so that the former generator becomes a mo-
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