. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ing Worn Car Wheels Care has tx-en taken in the design of Ibis machine tomake it as rigid as possible, the ujirights being securelylx)lted to the base in an L shaped i)ad. The cross rail Slack Bar in Place on Lathe Ready toStart the Welding of Seam. Instc;i(l of discarding car wheels have become worn and which haveJHtn machined down several times, thesewheels are built up by welding with aWestinghouse Auto-Arc. The worn wheelis placed in an arrangement that consistsof two statio
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ing Worn Car Wheels Care has tx-en taken in the design of Ibis machine tomake it as rigid as possible, the ujirights being securelylx)lted to the base in an L shaped i)ad. The cross rail Slack Bar in Place on Lathe Ready toStart the Welding of Seam. Instc;i(l of discarding car wheels have become worn and which haveJHtn machined down several times, thesewheels are built up by welding with aWestinghouse Auto-Arc. The worn wheelis placed in an arrangement that consistsof two stationary pedestals on which thecar wheels are placed, free to rotate. Thewheels arc (lri\eii by an attachment to theaxle shaft, through a reduction gear whichin (mil is driven by a small suitable size■ iiinior. ihe Auto-Arcs are inounted on a .jj staliiiiiary ]H-destal and free to swing as directed by the o])erator. As the wheelsrevolve the auto arc ])erf()rms its work, at a iieiiphcrals|)eefl of about 10 to 12 inches ])er minute. A set of carvvliccl thus he hiiilt ii]i in aboul 2j
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