. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . G. November, 1916. Device for Reseating Rams of Ohio andSimplex Injectors By E. L. BOWEN. Air Brake Foreman, Illinois Central Railroad The time lost in what may properly becalled the running repairs of the ordinarymountings of the locomotive boiler is notowing to the lack of skill of the expe-rienced mechanic, but is owing in a greatmeasure to the lack of special toolsadapted to meet the requirements of thecase. If the circumstances attending thejob were unusual and particular, theremight be
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . G. November, 1916. Device for Reseating Rams of Ohio andSimplex Injectors By E. L. BOWEN. Air Brake Foreman, Illinois Central Railroad The time lost in what may properly becalled the running repairs of the ordinarymountings of the locomotive boiler is notowing to the lack of skill of the expe-rienced mechanic, but is owing in a greatmeasure to the lack of special toolsadapted to meet the requirements of thecase. If the circumstances attending thejob were unusual and particular, theremight be a reasonable excuse for the lackof special tools, but as the same need of The accompanying drawing shows thedetails of a device for reseating thesteam rams of Nos. 8, 9, 10 and 11, Ohioand Simplex injectors. Referring to thedrawing, cutter A, with pieces F and D,are used with frame C—which is held invise—to reseat Ohio injector rams, andalso cutter B, piece G, E and clamps H,are used to reseat Simplex injector device does the work much quickerand even better than is usually done in a. DETAILS OF DEVICE FOR RESEATING RAMS OF OHIO AND SIMPLEX INJECTORS. repairs of the same parts are constantlyoccuring, there is no good excuse for thelack of tools to meet the situation. Onmany railroads there is no time to giveattention to the construction of specialtools, and slow and imperfect methodsof repair are the result in many our road the encouragement to devisespecial tools for special purposes is ofthe best, and the fine equipment of shoptools is constantly being added to. lathe, and is especially useful in a round-house, and entirely precludes the frequentnecessity of losing time waiting for a ma-chine that may be occupied in some otherwork, and cannot always be stopped foruse on work that may be, in the verynature of things, casual and parts are not difficult of construc-tion, and when made and properly tem-pered, will last through many years ofse
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