Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 602
the loss is greatly decreased. The Steam Turbine 589 It also seems to have a favorable influence when the steamin leaving this narrow space flows radially inwards, that is,it helps to overcome its centrifugal force. Fig. 240 shows the stuffing box of a Schuh turbine. Noprovision is here made for… … Fig. 242 Fig. 241 shows a stuffing box by the same designer, builtof rings, in which the inner rings are loose, but are madewith a neat fit. The Eateau stuffing box is shown in Fig. 242. Themain part consists of the shaft, a, enclosed by a close fit-ting box b, of suitable metal. The steam leaking…
