Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 439
, a disc of animpulse turbine, several rotor blades in a reaction turbine, andtwo vane guides of a sliding-vane type oil pump. In each case the steamend of the turbine was seriously damaged and in at least one of the acci-dents there was extensive Use and Occupancy loss. Total losses, onlypart of… … Figure 1—The broken disc. The dovetail arrangement of fastening theblades is clearly visible at the left. stage wheel broke out for approximately 14 in the rim inside theinverted dovetail buckets, as is illustrated by Figures 1 and 2. Four-teen buckets were thrown through the casing. As the machine…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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