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 683
de and the shaft can be kept 670 Steam Engineering within small limits; therefore in the construction of thisrunning wheel every dead and unnecessary weight isavoided. The running wheel is made up as follows: A steel hubor spider a, Fig. 287, has a bore b fitting closely to theshaft diameter. On… … n: Fig. 287 properly curved blade, with an adjoining piece made in onesection of drop-forged steel. The adjoining piece is fin-ished and fits closely into the grooves of the steel disc. Therunning vanes are held in place and rigidly connected tothe steel discs by rivets d, so that the centrifugal…
