American engineer and railroad journal (1893) (14779092093)

Identifier: americanengineer80newy (find matches)
Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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aulic plunger elevator, 5 tons capacity, inthe cupola room, and is raised to the charging floor, pushedalongside one of the two cupolas and its contents charged byhand. Each of the cupolas has a capacity of 12 tons per hour.Near each scale house is a wheel breaker where old wheelsare broken by a 1,700-lb. hammer falling 19 ft. on a concaveanvil block imbedded in the ground. The weight is raised byhydraulic power. The breaker is enclosed in a steel framestructure 8 ft. 6 ins. by 15 ft. The outside covering is corru-gated iron laid on white pine. On the inside there is a 2-in.oak lining 13 ft. high and this is covered with 14-in. steelplate for a height of 8 ft. Two of the cupolas are provided with Sturtevant No. 10blowers driven by 60 h.p. motors, and the other four are pro-vided with 55-in. Sirrocco blowers furnished by Davidson &Company, Belfast, Ireland, and driven by 60 h.p. Westinghousemotors. Each blower is enclosed in a small room. 122 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL.
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M H PO The core room is located betweentwo of the cupola rooms and Isequipped with two sets of three ovens;a coke furnace underneath each ovenis fired from a pit under the coreroom floor, and has two flues whichdeliver the gases to the rear cornersof the oven, where they rise, pass upthrough the shelves at the back to thetop and then return to the floor andto the outlet at the lower front corner.In the centre of each oven is a verti-cal shaft with collars which supportseven shelves of 3/16-in. perforatedtank steel 10 ft. 6 ins. in diameter andspaced 13% ins. apart. The shelvesare mounted on ball bearings and re-volve independently. Between the twosets of ovens Is a 40x28xl0-ft. (550-ton)sand bin with wooden walls 2% ins.thick, supported by an outside steelframe work of 12-in. I beams. The sand for the moulders use isstored in a 40-ft. 9-in. x 82-ft. 3-in x12-ft. (1,840-ton) bin. The sand issifted by an electrically driven ma-chine manufactured by the FairbanksCompany, Springfield, Ohi