. Railway mechanical engineer . Fig. 2—Equipment for Relinlhg Car Journal Brasses 3 is an efficient device, motor-driven through a belt. As inthe previous case, arrangement is made to clamp the brassespneumatically, a straight air valve being used to operate theair cylinder and plunger. Revolving cutters trim the endsof the brasses rapidly and accurately. A pile of brasses re-claimed and ready for service is showTi in Fig. 4. During January of this year 5,667 brasses were reclaimed(weight 136,005 lb.) at a .saving of $ per 100 lb., whichamounted to S4,,h. .\]\ of the scrap brass and c
. Railway mechanical engineer . Fig. 2—Equipment for Relinlhg Car Journal Brasses 3 is an efficient device, motor-driven through a belt. As inthe previous case, arrangement is made to clamp the brassespneumatically, a straight air valve being used to operate theair cylinder and plunger. Revolving cutters trim the endsof the brasses rapidly and accurately. A pile of brasses re-claimed and ready for service is showTi in Fig. 4. During January of this year 5,667 brasses were reclaimed(weight 136,005 lb.) at a .saving of $ per 100 lb., whichamounted to S4,,h. .\]\ of the scrap brass and copper. Fig. 3—Motor-Driven Car Brass Trimming Machine the entire .-\>tem is s)iip[ to this point, where it is■orked into new parts. It is not the practice of this com-• i>y to buy any unfinished brass or bronze castings as allthese custinj;.- for the entire system are furnislied from- [loint; also all Ix-arings for new etjuipment built at out-■■•■ shops. The illustrations show the old bearings asy are received at the shop, the process of relining the ■ raises, facing off the ends and the finished Iieitm, The large numl)er of brake ■ biimed was due partly to the fact that a few cars haveiK-en let fxit to out.«ide works for rebuilding, which made itnecessary to remove a great numlx-r of beams, applying a heavier beam to the cars. These old beams were returnedto the Huntington shops where they were put in
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