. American stationary engineering; a practical work which begins at the boiler room and takes in the whole power plant. The two opposite ends are also stayed together by long barstays, running the whole length of the boiler, it is dangerons,however, to trust too much to the latter class of stays; for, inconsequence of the alternate expansion and contraction which Maxims and Instructions. lot SCREWED STAYS,takes place every time the boiler is heated and cooled, theyhave a tendency to work loose at the joints; and if the portionof the boiler in wliioh they are situated should happen to behotter
. American stationary engineering; a practical work which begins at the boiler room and takes in the whole power plant. The two opposite ends are also stayed together by long barstays, running the whole length of the boiler, it is dangerons,however, to trust too much to the latter class of stays; for, inconsequence of the alternate expansion and contraction which Maxims and Instructions. lot SCREWED STAYS,takes place every time the boiler is heated and cooled, theyhave a tendency to work loose at the joints; and if the portionof the boiler in wliioh they are situated should happen to behotter than the oatside shell, they have a tendency to droop,and are then perfectly useless. RIVETED OR SCREW Fig. 49. In addition to palm and gusset stays, there are in use rivetedor screwed stays, as shown in Fig. 49. This would not answer in furnaces, owing to the burning oflof the heads, hence driven stays are used there.
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