. American engineer and railroad journal . in. for low pressure, with acommon width of 15$ in. The crank-pins are all 8 in. diam-eter and 8* in. long. The cranks are placed 120° apart, with. LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE FOR TCG W. G. WILMOT. the low pressure leading high pressure. The thrust shaft is8 in. diameter, having the collars forged on, 14 in. diameterand 24 in. thick. The thrust bearing is of the horseshoe type,with three cast-iron collars lined with graphite metal and ad-justable by means of strol-bolts aud brass nuts. It is designedfor a thrust of 50 lbs. pef squa
. American engineer and railroad journal . in. for low pressure, with acommon width of 15$ in. The crank-pins are all 8 in. diam-eter and 8* in. long. The cranks are placed 120° apart, with. LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE FOR TCG W. G. WILMOT. the low pressure leading high pressure. The thrust shaft is8 in. diameter, having the collars forged on, 14 in. diameterand 24 in. thick. The thrust bearing is of the horseshoe type,with three cast-iron collars lined with graphite metal and ad-justable by means of strol-bolts aud brass nuts. It is designedfor a thrust of 50 lbs. pef square inch, and provided with aline bearing 9 in. wide to support the thrust-shaft, A similarline-bearing supports the after end of thrust-shaft. The sterntube is 10 ft. long, made of cast iron, with iulernal bus:forward and aft. The forward bushing is of brass lined withlignum vita?, and the after bushing is 34 in. long and made ofhard cast iron in halves, so as to be easily renewed whenworn. The propeller-shaft is 8 in. diameter and 8f in. atbushings. Wroughtiron bands are shrunk on propeller-shaftat after-bearing to provide for the great wearing caused by 3i8 THE AMERICAN, ENGINEER [
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