Steam Locomotive Construction and Maintenance/Index
INDEX
Assembling the boiler, 18
Axle-boxes, 67, 69, 87, 88
——, defects and repairs, 129, 130
Axle lathes, 57, 59
Axles, defects and repairs, 128, 129
——, built-up crank, 58, 60
——, forging, 36–40
——, machining crank, 58–60
——, ——straight, 56–58
Blacksmith’s shop, 42
Blast pipe, 89
Boiler barrel, 8
——, clothing, 90
——, defects in service, 117–119
——, erection on frames of, 88
—— mountings, 24
—— plates, 8, 9
—— riveting, 19
—— shell-drilling machine, 14, 15
—— testing, 24
—— tube and back plates, 15
Brake gear, 95
Brass foundry, 34
Buffer forgings, 40
Bumping marks, and clearance, 97, 98
Casehardening, 78, 79
Castings, 27–29
Coal consumption, 115
Connecting and coupling rods, 76–78, 91, 92
—— —— ——, defects and repairs, 130, 131
Crank pin “quartering” machine, 64
—— pins, 64
Crossheads, 74, 75
Cylinder boring and drilling machine, 53, 54
—— castings, 31–34
—— double-boring machine, 51, 52
Cylinders, 31–34, 49–55
——, defects and repairs, 125, 126
——, erection of, 82–84
——, marking off, 49, 50
——, planing and boring, 51–55
Dead-centres finding, 101–103
Dome and safety valve seatings, 20
Drilling machine for boiler plates, 11, 12
Firebox, 119–120
—— patching, 120–121
—— stays, 22–23
—— ——, defective and broken, 122–123
Forging and smithing, 35
—— buffer casing, 42
—— crank axles, 37–40
—— straight axles, 36, 37
Frame defects, 124, 125
Frames and frame shop, 46–49, 80–82
——, erection of, 80–82, 84–86
——, trammelling, 81
Hornblocks, 48, 87
Hydraulic boiler flanging press, 15–17
—— forging, 41
Inside firebox, 20–22
Iron foundry, 27–33 Lead of the valve, 103–104
Link motion, 78
Machining methods, 70
Motion, erection of, 86–87, 91, 92
Moulding for general castings, 29–31
Piston rods, 73, 74
—— ——, defects and repairs, 131
Pistons and piston rings, 71–73
Plate bending, 13
Port opening of valve, 104–105
Progress of work through the workshops, 4–6
Reversing lever, effect of position on lead, 105, 106
Running shed repairs, 116, 117
Safety valve repairs, 124
Slide-bars, 75, 76
Smoke-box, erection of, 89
Special testing in service, 112
Springs and spring shop, 44, 45, 90
Stamping shop, 43, 44
Stores and costing accounts, 6, 7
Tender, 94, 95
Tensile tests, table of, 109
Testing of axles and tyres, 110
—— of materials, chemical tests, 111
—— plant, 115
Tests of materials, bending tests, 109, 110
—— ——, tensile tests, 107–109
Throat plate, 17
Trial trips, 111
Tube defects, 123
—— holes, cracked and oval, 119, 122
Tubes, 23
Tyre fastenings, 63
—— gauges, 64, 66
—— turning and boring mill, 61
Tyres, boring, 62
——, defects and repairs, 127,128
Valves and valve gear, defects and repairs, 131
Valve setting, 96–106
Wheel balancing, 66, 68
—— centres, 60
—— lathes, 64, 65
Wheels and axles, defects and repairs, 126-129
——, placing under engine, 90
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