. The Street railway journal . emost difficult. The driving of machine tools, and in fact of any class of ma-chinery, is one of the most important factors bearing upon suc-cessful operation. The plan of driving machines individuallyby electric motors has been shown in modern shop practice tobe the most conducive toward increased production and effi-ciency of .operation, but the limitations of the belt and gearingmethods of driving, formerly available and in use, did much torestrain the more general adoption of motor driving. The in-troduction of the silent chain drive has, however, created ane
. The Street railway journal . emost difficult. The driving of machine tools, and in fact of any class of ma-chinery, is one of the most important factors bearing upon suc-cessful operation. The plan of driving machines individuallyby electric motors has been shown in modern shop practice tobe the most conducive toward increased production and effi-ciency of .operation, but the limitations of the belt and gearingmethods of driving, formerly available and in use, did much torestrain the more general adoption of motor driving. The in-troduction of the silent chain drive has, however, created anew field for motor driving—the silent chain has all the ad-vantages of flexibility and smoothness of drive that is inherent The construction of the Morse silent chain is clearly shownin an accompanying illustration. As may be noted, the jointconsists of two pieces of hardened tool steel, so shaped and ar-ranged that, as the joint works while passing on and off thesprockets, one piece rocks or rolls on the other. The two rock-.
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