Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives (1916)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co. · leaf 56
Figure 16 THE BOILER 55 the mandrel driven in, the sectors will be slightlyseparated and the tendency will be to. expand thetubes. The outside conformation of the sectors com-posing the plug is such that, [when the tube is ex-panded, it not only completely fills the hole in the … Figure 17 tube sheet but is also expanded past the edge of thehole, both on the inside and outside of the sheet, thussecurely binding the tube in the sheet and causing it toact as a brace.. Referring to Fig. 16, S S is the tubesheet, R R shows the expanded ridge on the tubeinside the sheet, and T T…
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