. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ar, particularly on curves, hasbeen greatly reduced by the use of theflange oiler. Like many other excellent devices itsadoption svas slow and it is not yet insuch general use as it should be. One ofthe causes of the delay in coming intomore popularity is the fact that it is saidto require too much attention, and that itwas not altogether fool proof. On someroads it is part of the work of one of theroundhouse men to examine the flangecilcr, and it is reported that the averagetime occupied in
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ar, particularly on curves, hasbeen greatly reduced by the use of theflange oiler. Like many other excellent devices itsadoption svas slow and it is not yet insuch general use as it should be. One ofthe causes of the delay in coming intomore popularity is the fact that it is saidto require too much attention, and that itwas not altogether fool proof. On someroads it is part of the work of one of theroundhouse men to examine the flangecilcr, and it is reported that the averagetime occupied in the inspection does notexceed thirty seconds, so that the atten-tion required. If systematically applied,approaches a negligible quantity. It hasalso been demonstrated that the success of the device depends much on the kindof oil used. That known as the KernRiver oil in California seems to meet therequirements of the service in an eminentdci;ree. That is a very heavy kind ofoil. and in that section of the country itis also used for fuel. The merit of thisoil for use in the flange oiler consists in. FLANGE CANADIAN a certain of asphaltum in the oil,and this heavy base forms a paste and isnot separated by coming in contact withthe steam, and does not spread over tne tread of the rail as some oils do. Regarding the introduction of the de-vice it may be stated that in a crude formit was used on the Denver & Rio Grandeas long ago as 1882 or 1883. Grease in-serted in a piece of hose and attached tothe frame was a simple contrivance, butthe result was that the engine and coachv/heels ran about thirteen months, wherepreviously they were operated only forabout seven months. Elsewhere it took theform of a piece of waste attached to theframe, with a piece of wire in position sothat it would come in contact with thedriving wheel flange. When the engineerwas oiling around he would drop some oilinto the waste, and a small portion of theoil would reach the flange.
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