. The railroad and engineering journal . hops, such as shears, punching machines, riveting ma-chines, and forging presses ; but its use is not of any ad-vantage where the work is continuous. chapter xlix. THE HASWELL press. The forging of iron and steel by hydraulic pressure wasused for the first time, at Vienna, by M. Haswell, Directorof the shops of the Austrian .State Railroad. In 1862, at the London Exposition, drawings of thehydraulic press which he used were shown. In this appar-atus the pumps forced the water directly to the piston ofthe press, and they were worked by a very large steam
. The railroad and engineering journal . hops, such as shears, punching machines, riveting ma-chines, and forging presses ; but its use is not of any ad-vantage where the work is continuous. chapter xlix. THE HASWELL press. The forging of iron and steel by hydraulic pressure wasused for the first time, at Vienna, by M. Haswell, Directorof the shops of the Austrian .State Railroad. In 1862, at the London Exposition, drawings of thehydraulic press which he used were shown. In this appar-atus the pumps forced the water directly to the piston ofthe press, and they were worked by a very large steampiston, the distribution of the steam being regulated by ajet-valve. This press was used to forge axle-boxes, cross- 262 THE RAILROAD AND rjune, i88q. heads, and similar pieces, and also the detached pieces oflocomotives and tender wheels ; it was also used lor draw-ing out ingots of iron and steel. which was 1,500 tons. Borsig, at Berlin, and Krupp, atEssen, had also installed in their shops similar presses tobe used for the same t/)(/Iw OS oo OS o(^ o X >> Q bJ X In 1873 MM. [de Dietrich & Company had erected in , The use of the Haswell press has not become very gen-their shops at Reichsoffen a Haswell press, the power of | eral. It is only within a short time that certam construe- Vol. LXin, No. ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 263 tors like Whitworlli and Davy Brothers, at Sheffield, andHigginson, at Liverpool, have improved this tool. Theyhave not hesitated to apply it to the forging of artillerymaterial and to all pieces where uniform quality is required
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