Proceedings of Association of Iron & Steel Electrical Engineers, Volume 11Association of Iron & Steel Electrical Engineers., 1917 |
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Page 543 - The wiring should then be installed neatly and in accordance with the rules of the National Board of Fire Underwriters and of the local department having supervision.
Page 650 - Many engineers are already familiar with data which show how insignificant is the cost of good illumination in comparison with the value of a workman's time. In fact, one need frequently save only 30 or 40 seconds in an hour to entirely offset the cost of lighting. There is also another consideration, namely the saving in overhead expense which may be effected by using a factory building and its equipment for a greater number of hours per day, made possible by adequate provision for the artificial...
Page 407 - ... the armature. 14. Loose end connection. Scrape and resolder all defective connections. 15. Worn bearings. Shim or renew the bearings. 16. Unequal air gaps. Shim the short poles or grind off the faces of the long poles, or if from worn bearings, see paragraph above. 17. Short-circuit currents be'ween brush studs caused by unbalanced armature winding.
Page 656 - To obtain the coefficient for any rectangular room, find the value for a square room of the narrow dimension and add one-third of the difference between this value and the coefficient for a square room of the long dimension.
Page 306 - HH 9597, introduced by Congressman Keller. Those bills are identical with Senate Bill 3231, Calendar No. 1035, as unanimously reported and is now on the floor of the Senate, from the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce. As my time is very limited I will try to answer some of the questions that have been asked, if I may. Mr.
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Page 704 - At the temperature prevailing in the arc stream and at the electrode terminals, chemical combinations occur instantaneously between the vaporized metals and the atmospheric gases. These reactions continue until a flame of incandescent gaseous compounds is formed which completely envelopes the arc core. However, drafts created by the high temperature of the vapors and...
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Page 53 - In case operator fails to slow down the hoist at a predetermined and adjustable point and fails to continue to slow down between this point and the landing level. (c) In case of overwind. (d) In case the operator fails to reverse the hoist after the cage has reached the landing or limit of travel. (e) In case power goes off the line for any cause brake will be automatically set. The skip hoist is also on order from the same company. It is a double-drum hoist...
Page 406 - IV) to reduce temperatures as much as possible. 13. Open circuit in armature coil. Rewind that part of the armature. 14. Loose end connection. Scrape and resolder all defective connections . 15. Worn bearings. Shim or renew the bearings. 16. Unequal air gaps.