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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 81

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hich Cracks AIay Be Looked For. in a shaft due to misalignment of the bearings is in addition to thenormal bending stress produced by the load on the crank. The totalstress thus created may in time be sufficiently high to cause gradualfailure of the material. A shaft which has been subject for some… … I \ 1 1 Fig. 3. Crank Shaft Distortion Due To Poor Bearing Alignment (Exaggerated For Purposes of Illustration). When, due to high bending stress, a surface crack has once startedin a center-crank shaft, the shaft has practically reached the end of itsuseful life and can only be further used at the…

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