. The Street railway journal . ted wire and on the shaft the taperedflanged band-wire drum. The taper is so designed thatthe tendency of the band wire to crawl up is neutralized bythe tendency of the taper to slide down. Six or seven turnsof the band wire on this drum will hold any tension the front end of the frame is mounted the cast-iron wirespool with the small retard brake as shown. The bandwire passes off the spool to the grooved lead on pulley,thence to the drum, around the drum to the grooved lead-off pulley and thence to the armature. The tension indexis plainly shown and h
. The Street railway journal . ted wire and on the shaft the taperedflanged band-wire drum. The taper is so designed thatthe tendency of the band wire to crawl up is neutralized bythe tendency of the taper to slide down. Six or seven turnsof the band wire on this drum will hold any tension the front end of the frame is mounted the cast-iron wirespool with the small retard brake as shown. The bandwire passes off the spool to the grooved lead on pulley,thence to the drum, around the drum to the grooved lead-off pulley and thence to the armature. The tension indexis plainly shown and has ten divisions, each division cor-responding to different tension. The machine affords anaccurate and reliable means of producing the right tensionfor banding armatures. 478 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. 13. GOVERNING MECHANISMS OF THE CURTIS TURBINE As very little has been published on the methods ofgoverning steam turbines, engineers may find some inter-esting points in the following illustrated description of the. FIG. i.—CROSS-SECTION OF GOVERNOR
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