. American engineer and railroad journal . lanunder which the unfortunate H. J. Doe works and if he doesnot like it he can drop back to an efficiency of 90 per cent., earn$ bonus instead of $, but have the supreme satisfactionof working on a piece rate of $0,446. Individual Effort. A machine, the usefulness of which can thoroughly be ap-preciated by all locomotive men by an inspection of the accom-panying engraving, has recently been designed and is now beingsold by Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Chicago. The machine is de-signed for automatically cutting key-ways in locomotive axles,either
. American engineer and railroad journal . lanunder which the unfortunate H. J. Doe works and if he doesnot like it he can drop back to an efficiency of 90 per cent., earn$ bonus instead of $, but have the supreme satisfactionof working on a piece rate of $0,446. Individual Effort. A machine, the usefulness of which can thoroughly be ap-preciated by all locomotive men by an inspection of the accom-panying engraving, has recently been designed and is now beingsold by Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Chicago. The machine is de-signed for automatically cutting key-ways in locomotive axles,either before or after the engine is assembled. Its operation isentirely automatic when once the machine is in place and set forthe proper length key-way. It takes up a space of but &/. the axle. It weighs but 100 lbs. and is driven by either anair or electric motor, which should operate between 300 and 450r. p. m. It is designed so that it will cut as close as 1 in. to adriving box or eccentric and the adjustment is such that any. RYERSON AUTOMATIC KEY SEATING MACHINE. standard size key-way can be cut. It is arranged for use witheither new axles or for re-cutting the key-way in an old axle tocorrespond with the change in the location of the eccentric, thusobviating the necessity of using an off-set key. The machine canbe operated in any position on the axle. The time required forcutting a I x J/2 x 6 in. key-way cannot exceed 35 minutes. Thecutters are furnished with the machine and are of special de-sign and made from the best quality of high speed tool steel. One of these machines was shown in operation at the exhibi-tion at Atlantic City during the mechanical conventions and at-tracted a large amount of interested attention, which was uni-versally followed by favorable comment. Refinements in Design and Construction.—There is nodoubt that the further development of the steam locomotive willbe accompanied by the more extensive introduction of refine-ments in design and con
Size: 1294px × 1931px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectrailroadengineering
