Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 387
COMOTIVE October, Rotary Converter Burnout A SHORT circuit between the collector rings of a 300 kw rotaryconverter led to an electrical burnout and fire on April 27 at a-Mid-West rubber plant. This machine, on which the plant de-pended for power for calendering operations, was badly damaged andall… … Rotary converter damaged by short circuit and fire. devices permitted the machine to continue on the line after the shortcircuit, thus causing the fire to spread and complete the destruction. How widespread the loss was is illustrated by the photograph. Themachine was so badly damaged that it was…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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