Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 82
suseful life and can only be further used at the risk of a serious generalengine wreck. The great importance, therefore, of maintaining correctbearing alignment with center-crank shafts has long been appreciatedby engine manufacturers. It has been customary for many years oncertain makes of large… … Fig. 4. Broken Crank Shaft. and taking accnrate measurement between some fixed point on theengine frame and the top of each journal. If all the bearings show thesame amount of downward wear, there is then fair certainty that noundue bending stresses take place in the shaft. There is another method…
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