Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (1906)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : offices of "Engineering" · leaf 232
d, there is a reductionby gearing. With this arrangement the lathes have greaterpower when turning small diameters than when the belt isused driving direct to the main spindle. The spindles, whichare hollow, with hexagonal turrets, are of crucible cast steel,and run in gun-metal bearings. By means… … O M 02 O— COl—I M PH 02-^ Steam Turbine Department. Ill by a lathe having the ordinary step-cone drive, where theworkman will not change the position of the belt whilesurfacing. The self-acting feed-motions are positive. Milling is adopted in many instances in preference toplaning or slotting, and…
