Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 255
200 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. in Fig. 166, where the pressure-plate adjusts across the pathof the valve by similar inclined surfaces. The same engineis shown in Fig. 146. Or, again, the pressure-plate may bear-upon flat surfaces, from which it is held away by packing- … Fig. 166. strips, which are taken away as wear may render this course^necessary (Fig. 167). The third pressure-plate system has been adopted forrougher grades of work than the two preceding. The pres-sure-plate is a disk or plate of steel or similar flexible and•resilient metal. It is so calculated…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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