Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 58
crossbar of the crosshead, PARTS OF THE STEAM ENGINE 43 being held securely by means of a lock nut. The wings form therubbing surfaces, and, to reduce friction, they are often con-structed with grooves filled with babbitt metal. The guides consistof four flat bars between which the wings move. The… … Fig. 32. a set screw. The wing crosshead is often used on the smallersizes of engines, especially those of the plain sHde valve type. The block crosshead is most often found on Corliss and auto-matic high speed engines. As shown in Fig. 33, it consists of aheavy cast-iron block with the wrist pin…
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