. Railway age gazette . The Shop in Which Frogs and Switches Are Repaired and Reassembled reclaimed with a saving of almost a dollar a beam, and 456 brakehangers were reclaimed. OXWELD PLANT Probably the most interesting part of the plant and that inwhich the most spectacular savings are made is that in whichthe oxy-acetylene process is used, either for welding or for CASTINGS One of the most interesting classes of work reclaimed by theoxy-acetylene process is that of castings, whether of cast iron,cast steel, brass or other alloy. Many brake cylinders or airreservoirs with broken lugs are rep
. Railway age gazette . The Shop in Which Frogs and Switches Are Repaired and Reassembled reclaimed with a saving of almost a dollar a beam, and 456 brakehangers were reclaimed. OXWELD PLANT Probably the most interesting part of the plant and that inwhich the most spectacular savings are made is that in whichthe oxy-acetylene process is used, either for welding or for CASTINGS One of the most interesting classes of work reclaimed by theoxy-acetylene process is that of castings, whether of cast iron,cast steel, brass or other alloy. Many brake cylinders or airreservoirs with broken lugs are repaired at a very small expensewhere otherwise it would 1)e necessary to scrap the entire cast- OCHBER, 1914 RAILWAY AGE GAZEITE, MECHAXICAL EDITIOX 537 ing; even if the part whicli was broken off is not available it ispossible in many cases to build up the casting with new materialor to break a similar piece off of another scrap casting and weld. Old Boilers and Fireboxes Are Cut with the Oxy-Acetylene Burnersinto Pieces Convenient for Handling it in place. An important development which has been madenecessary is a campaign of education among shop and enginehouse employees to emphasize the necessity of tying broken pieces < f castings, whicli may be reclaimed, together, so that time mayle saved at the reclamation plant in supplying the missing parts. The illustrations show typical jobs in the reclaiming of cast-ings. As may be understood, the possibilities in this line arepractically unlimited. Many cracked or broken car bolsters arewelded and reinforced so that they are as good as new, and insome cases, even better. In possibly as many as 25 per cent ofthese cases the good ends of two badly damaged bolsters havebeen cut off and combined into one perfect bolster. Manycouplers have l-,een reclaimed which were cracked on the face<<v in the neck of the shank, or which have had broken knuckle|)in bosses or lugs; in some c
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