. Railway mechanical engineer . View of Car Wheel Lathe Showing the Power Traverse End turning locomotive trailer wheels. The largest wheel diame-ter that tile lathe will take is 44 in. on the tread. One of the new features is a quick operating power devicewhich enables the operator instantly to clamp the right-hand by a large friction clutch operated by a lever convenientlylocated so that the operator may traverse the headstock with-out leaving his position near the wheels. The friction clutchis so adjusted as to slip when excessive power is applied, thus. View of the Wheei Lathe Showing the
. Railway mechanical engineer . View of Car Wheel Lathe Showing the Power Traverse End turning locomotive trailer wheels. The largest wheel diame-ter that tile lathe will take is 44 in. on the tread. One of the new features is a quick operating power devicewhich enables the operator instantly to clamp the right-hand by a large friction clutch operated by a lever convenientlylocated so that the operator may traverse the headstock with-out leaving his position near the wheels. The friction clutchis so adjusted as to slip when excessive power is applied, thus. View of the Wheei Lathe Showing the Driving End headstock by simply turning an air valve. The device is eliminating any possibility of damage to the mechanism inoperated by a large air cylinder and clamps the head to the case the face plate is brought up too forcibly against thebed at both the front and back simultaneously. wheels. January, 1917 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 47 When triiversinj; tlie movaljle headstock to the right awayfrom the wheels, the motion disengaged b}- an automaticstop. Therefore the does not have to give furtherattention to this motion after engaging the clutch and damageto the mechanism from overtravel in this direction is avoided. There is no exposed gearing. The left-hand headstockis of the enclosed t}pe and contains the s]ieed change gear-ing. The machine illustrated is equipped with alternatingcurrent drive. There are provided six speeds which arechanged by means of the handwheel and lever shown on thefront of the headstock. The machine is
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