Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 53
pistonrod. The piston is strengthened by casting webs across it so asto divide it into a number of compartments. A hole is cast intoeach of the compartments through which the core may be re-moved, after which it is drilled and tapped to receive a plug.In order to fasten the piston rod in the… … B Fig. 26a. nut screwed on the rod, the outer end of the nut being flush withthe face of the piston. This piston is supphed with a single heavy packing ring placedat the center. It is common, however, to place two Kghter ringson the piston, one near each edge. In some cases the piston issupphed…
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