Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 444
ers with a partition between them forminga part of the housing. Each blower had ten blades riveted to a cast steelspider. The arms of the spider were cast integrally with split hubs whichwere bolted onto the shaft. Circular shrouds reinforced by rivetedsteel straps, were fastened by riveted… … Figure i—Fart of the damage to one-half of a duplex-type induceddraft fan, 450 hp capacity. Erosion of the shrouding and excessivetemperature of the stack gases caused the accident. An examination of the unit after the accident revealed that fourof the ten blades in one-half of the fan had torn…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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