Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 175
OMOTIVE April, in crankshafts, cracks of the kind shown in Figure i may be found bymeans of the whitewash test without doing extensive dismantUng. It isnot necessary to dismantle the whole engine at any one time for white-wash testing. Figure 2 shows a crack across one of the eyes on the inside of… … Figures J and jA—A fine crack in the keyway of a steam engine crank.Figure 3A is a magnification of the defect. was believed to exist because of a severe shock to which the enginehad been subjected. Frequently the oil seeps out of such cracks and discolors the white-wash as soon as it has dried,…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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