. Railway mechanical engineer . CranesServes All Work Six Machinisfs ) L. BlacksmithShop SOOOLb.^ j6 DQD Fig. 2—Arrangement of Machine Tools is shown in Fig. 2. The path followed by the new and oldrods as they pass through the shops is indicated by thearrows. The new rods start from the billet pile just outsidethe smith shop, and end at the stripping room, where theyare placed on the locomotives. The old rods start and endat the stripping room as shown. They are cleaned in a lyevat, of course, before they go into the shop. The benches are arranged longitudinally and are made separate, so that
. Railway mechanical engineer . CranesServes All Work Six Machinisfs ) L. BlacksmithShop SOOOLb.^ j6 DQD Fig. 2—Arrangement of Machine Tools is shown in Fig. 2. The path followed by the new and oldrods as they pass through the shops is indicated by thearrows. The new rods start from the billet pile just outsidethe smith shop, and end at the stripping room, where theyare placed on the locomotives. The old rods start and endat the stripping room as shown. They are cleaned in a lyevat, of course, before they go into the shop. The benches are arranged longitudinally and are made separate, so that two machinists are enabled to work oneach side of the bench. Below the benches are drawers andsuitable cupboards to take care of the tools of the machinists, npn PHJ EHpW^ ^^^^t| Igai^^gTgyii] ^ Fig. 3—Motor Truck for Carrying Rods About the Shop as well as parts for rods that are undergoing repairs. Thecleaned and stripped rods, as well as new rods are stored onbenches directly behind the lathes used for turning the bush-. Fig. 4—Forging the Rods Under the Steam Hammer 399 400 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 91. No. 7 ings and the shaper for machining front and back endmain rods. The cleaned and stripped rods, as well as newrods, are stored on benches directly behind. On all repairwork the size of the pins is obtained by the mechanic, whocalipers all axles for turning. He delivers the sizes of the to easily control the temperature and maintain it at a moreuniform degree than when either coal or oil is used. Thebillets are brought to the proper temperature slowly, but ata sufficient speed so that at no time will the billets proper temperature is determined by a colored glassscale supplied by the United States Bureau of Standards.
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