. Railway mechanical engineer . \ Asheet of paper saved here and there, in the aggregate most cer-tainly effected a decided economy. The campaign apparently has had a lasting effect, becauseto this date the evil of unnecessary statements and reports hasfailed to crop out. This subject should be food for thought to all who haveoverlooked this important feature of non-productive effort,common to all railroads. As to the moral—well, there are several. GRINDING SUPERHEATER HEADER The work of grinding the steam pipe joint rings on super-heater headers is usually done by hand and is a slow andtediou
. Railway mechanical engineer . \ Asheet of paper saved here and there, in the aggregate most cer-tainly effected a decided economy. The campaign apparently has had a lasting effect, becauseto this date the evil of unnecessary statements and reports hasfailed to crop out. This subject should be food for thought to all who haveoverlooked this important feature of non-productive effort,common to all railroads. As to the moral—well, there are several. GRINDING SUPERHEATER HEADER The work of grinding the steam pipe joint rings on super-heater headers is usually done by hand and is a slow andtedious job. The device illustrated below was developed. Device for Grinding Superheater Joint Rings in the Clinton, Iowa, shops of tiie Chicago & North West-ern to make it possilde to grind these joints with an airmotor. The ring is held by .set screws on the chuck whichis attached to the spindle by a universal joint. The frame MKCIIAMCAI. K\(;F\I-:KK Vol. 92, No. 2 is arranyed so that it can l)e l)olted to tlie tlaiiKC of theheader and lias an eccentric hushing through wiiich thespindle passes. In operating the device the spindle andframe are placed in jiosition and an air motor is attachedto the spindle. Then by revolving the eccentric bushing bymeans of the short handles in the outer collar while thespindle is driven liy the motor, the ring is moved over allparts of the joint on the header, producing a smcxjth, truesurface. REDUCING THE TIME TO TURNLOCOMOTIVES* BY T. T. RYAN General Foreman, Atchison. Topcka & Santa Fe. Las Vejas. N. M. To get a locomotive over the road promptly, to get off and the engine house
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