Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 450
age, however, was sustained by the turbine through thediaphragm packings becoming badly worn by the whipping action ofthe shaft. When the accident occurred the turbine did not trip out automaticallynor was it shut down immediately by the plant operators as they didnot interpret outward evidences as… … Figure i—Part of the upper half of a 2^,000 kzv steam turbine shoimngdamage to the nineteenth stage zvheel when a 12 section of the discbroke near the rim. The cause was attributed to a progressive crack. the turbine in service after a brief shut-down, encountered difficultyin draining the hot well…
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