. Railway mechanical engineer . beis shoved forward through the furnace under the weldingdies, the welding machine being in direct line with the furnaceopening. A stop or guide is arranged on the mandrel and this acts as a gage to locate the welding point under the diesas well as an automatic starting device. As soon as of the tube is taken oft the gage stop, the air supplyis cut off and the welding machine comes to a standstill. Thetulje is then pulled back tlirough the furnace and the operationis completed. By the installation of this tulie reclaiming equipment agreat number of
. Railway mechanical engineer . beis shoved forward through the furnace under the weldingdies, the welding machine being in direct line with the furnaceopening. A stop or guide is arranged on the mandrel and this acts as a gage to locate the welding point under the diesas well as an automatic starting device. As soon as of the tube is taken oft the gage stop, the air supplyis cut off and the welding machine comes to a standstill. Thetulje is then pulled back tlirough the furnace and the operationis completed. By the installation of this tulie reclaiming equipment agreat number of tubes that are at the present time scrappedmay be reclaimed with a large saving. BRAKE BEAM SAFETY HANGER Brake rigging failures are a source of annoyance especiallywhen they cause train detentions. The delay may be but forthree or four minutes, yet it counts in the record just as muchas a longer one. Also occasionally a brake beam will getdown and cause a derailment. To eliminate these trouliles, E. O. Elliott of the Philadel-. Appllcatlon of Safety Hanger phia & Reading patented a safety hanger of simple andeffective construction.* This hanger has been further de-veloped by the American Steel foundries and the resultingdesign is shown in the drawings. It consists of two bracketsriveted to the sides of the spring plank extending below thespring plank and having a slot in them of a shape to receivethe cross rail which acts as a safety guard. There are twosprings riveted on to the cross rail with open ends pointing
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