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Locomotive valves and valve gears /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harding, J. W. (Joseph Whitehead), 1878-1956 (Author)
Corporate Authors: International Correspondence Schools, International Textbook Company
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Company, [1937]
Series:International Textbook Company Bluebooks ; 503B.
Subjects:
Valves.
Locomotives.
Robinets.
locomotives.
Locomotives
Table of Contents:
  • Locomotive valves. Valve arrangement and operation
  • Generation of steam
  • Obtaining work from steam
  • Modern locomotive valves
  • Cylinder castings for slide valves
  • Slide valves
  • Cylinder casting for inside-admission piston valves
  • Piston vales
  • Terms used in valve movement
  • Summary of steam distribution
  • The indicator
  • Change in valve and cylinder events
  • Movement of both valves
  • Effect of leaky valve packing rings on exhaust
  • Reuleaux diagram
  • The valve ellipse.
  • Stevenson valve gear. Arrangement and operation
  • Details and action of gear
  • General operation
  • Positions and movement of reverse lever
  • Details of the parts
  • Position of eccentrics
  • Increase in lead
  • Valve movement in mid-gear
  • Reversing
  • Link arc and link radius
  • Reasons for variation in cut-off
  • Angularity of main rod
  • Offset of link saddle pin
  • Breakdowns.
  • Southern locomotive valve gear. Construction and operation
  • Introduction
  • Construction
  • Operation
  • Reversing
  • Breakdowns
  • Setting the valves.