Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 643
s up through the entire lengthof the large step supporting screw, and connects with theoil passage through the lower step block. Clearance.—With the Curtis turbine, the matter of clear-ance is very important. There must be no rubbing contact 630 Steam Engineering between the revolving and… … OilTDraia TJ-*— Oil Supply Fig. 266 into each stage, sometimes opposite a row of moving bladesand sometimes opposite the stationary blades. Two inch plugs are screwed into these holes, to be re-moved when an inspection is to be made. The clearance is Curtis Steam Turbine 631 not uniform in all the…