Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 872
epends upon the adjustment of the distances of the rolls. A too closeapproximation causes, on the one hand, an increased expenditure of force in the working of the mill;on the other hand, if the rollers be placed too far apart, a portion of the juice escapes extraction andis carried off in the… … set that the perimeter of the upper roll is nearly in contact with the two lower ones. These rolls arevery firmly keyed on a wrought-iron axial shaft, carrying at one extremity the gear-wheels by whichthe rolls are revolved. The shaft of the upper roll is made of increased strength, as it has to…
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