Valve setting: simple methods of setting the plain slide valve. Meyer cut-off. Corliss. and poppet types (1908)
Collins, Hubert Edwin, 1872- · New York [etc.] Hill publishing company · leaf 57
alve is to be considered as the steam edges only. To Set the Valves On all engines, when preparing to set the valves, the first thing is tofind and adjust all lost motion in the valve gear, then proceed to placethe engine on the dead center. Owing to the fact that the crossheadwill remain… … FIG. 50. head rests at the end of the stroke, in order to find the dead center.The writer believes the process illustrated in Fig. 50 is an accurate process.In the figure, J and K represent two crosshead guides, L the cross-head, M the path of crank travel, N and 0 the center linesof the…
Steam-engines
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