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Modern Steam Practice and Engineering; A Guide to Approved Methods of Construction and the Principles Relating Thereto. with Examples, Practical Rules, and Formulae

Modern Steam Practice and Engineering; A Guide to Approved Methods of Construction and the Principles Relating Thereto. with Examples, Practical Rules, and Formulae


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...Stuffing box. F, Regulator handle. segment, thus pushing the valve firmly against the seat; and on being turned the other way the handle bears on the opposite side of the segment, thereby opening the valve. With this arrangement the inside steam pipe is subjected to the steam pressure, tending to collapse it, that is to say, when the valve is shut Double-beat valves arranged vertically are very generally used for the regulator; a strong cast-iron pipe is fitted to the steam pipe, at the top of which a short piece is bolted for the seating, and is firmly held in position with a strap, fitted to some convenient part of the boiler; the pipe having an expansion joint with stuffing box and gland at the bottom, for taking the horizontal copper pipe passing along to the cylinders; thus it can freelyexpand and contract without straining it. The valve has a jointed rod passing downwards to a lever, which is keyed on the shaft which passes through the stuffing box on the end plate of the fire-box shell, the other end being supported with a boss cast on the vertical pipe, and which is bored out for its reception, a plain handle with quadrant and set screw 01pin, for holding the valve up, being placed at the outer end of the shaft. The steam pipes in the smoke box when made of copper are about inch in thickness; this is to allow for the wear by the action of the cinders. Sometimes cast-iron pipes are substituted, and should be at least S/b inch in thickness, but copper pipes are preferable, as the cast iron is liable to deteriorate from corrosion. As the steam pipes in the smoke box are made of a bent form, it is not necessary to provide any expansion joints; they are simply bolted to a cast-iron branch fitted to the end of the tube plate, while at the bottom end they ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236109217
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 356
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 123610921X
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 635 gr

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