Part 8

Hemp, 125, 127

Herrman, Chas., 1, 21, 32

Holman, A. G., M. E., 129

Hook bolts, 46

Horse-power transmitted by belting, 132, 133

Hoyt, R., 108

J

Joints in leather belt, 95

Journaled end of shaft, proper length, 1

K

Kavanagh, Wm., 61

Kent's Handbook, 132

Kinks, practical, 61

L

Lag screws, boring for, 46

Laps of leather belt, length, 90 of leather belt, thickness, 94

Leather belts, care and management, 89 selection, 89

Leather-cutting tool, 75

Leather, length for belt, 90, 95

Length of splice, 135

Leveling shafting, 54, 58

Line, leveling, 52 setting, 51

Lining a countershaft, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37 of pulley, wire rope transmission, 145 shafting, 30, 54

Loosening pulley that has seized, 26

Lubrication of rope, 123

M

McBarnes, Wm. H., 99

Main shaft belted to engine and to countershaft, 8

Marks on ends of shafts, 2 to show hanger positions, 3

Mounting dynamos and motors, 18

Mule belt, 13

Multiple-rope system, 108

N

Neatsfoot oil as belt dressing, 103

O

Oil, boiled linseed, on wire rope, 144 effect on belt, 92 getting out of belt, 87

P

Packing to secure good clamping fit, 23, 24

Plank to use in sliding hanger out of wall box, 1

Plumb-bob, 49, 58 -bob method of lining countershaft, 38

Point slipping, 92

Power transmission by wire ropes, distance, 144

Practical kinks, 61

Pulley and belting chart, 129 diameters, 131, 145 lining, wire rope transmission, 145 shafts holding arrangement and adjusting contrivance, 13 speed, 129

Pulley, cast-iron, moving, 62 driving, location, 5 loose, 61 seized, loosening, 25, 26

Pulleys for wire rope transmission, 145, 147

Pulleys, guide, 146 loosening, 65, 67, 70 moving, 62 removing, 65, 67, 70 solid, 4 split, 5

R

Rope, core, 124 diameter, 124, 135 differential action, 109, 112, 116 drives, 108 fibers, 124 lubrication, 123 splicing, 135 strands, 124 transmission, 135 new scheme, 115 ordering, 122

Ropes, slack, 111 tight, 111

Rusting of wire rope, preventing, 144

S

Scrapers for removing glue, 74, 75

Scrapers, turning edge, 76, 77

Seizing of pulley, 25

Separate-rope system, 108

Set-screws, use, 23

Shaft, breaking strain, 28 causes of breaking, 16 preventing turning, 15, 16 repairing break, 17 journaled off to act as collar, 2 length of journaled part of end, 1

Shaft line, space between end and wall, 3

Shafting, apparatus for leveling and lining, 54 hints, 1, 21, 32 leveling, 58 line, turning up, 49 lining, 30 testing alinement and level, 29

Shafts of light-working counters, marring, 10

Sheaves, 135

Sheet iron for packing, 24

Sizes of belts, 132 of rope, effect, 110

Slack ropes, 111

Slip of belt, legitimate, 107

Space between end of shaft line and wall, 3

Speed, pulley, 129

Splice, diameter, 136 English transmission, 136 fastening strands, 136 length, 135

Splice opener for heavy belts, 72

Splice, wire rope, 144 workmanship, 136

Spliced part of belt, marking, 12

Splicing belt on the pulleys, 81 board, 78, 79 leather belts, 72 rope, 135

Split bushing, 2

Split-pulley, tightening, 23

Split wood collars, 3

Steel for sharpening scraper, 76

Stillson wrench, use, 22

Strands of rope, 124

Stretchers, position, 49

Stringers, locating beams to carry, 42

Stringers of drop hangers, thickness, 38

Superior 2ds hemp, 127

Swaying of rope, preventing, 145

T

Take-up for rope drive, 112 -up sheave for rope drive, 116

Testing alinement and level of shafting, 29

Tight ropes, 111

Tightener, automatic, for rope drive, 113

Tightener for 31-rope drive, 117 system, dangerous, 6

Tightening ropes, 112

Timbers of boarded-over ceiling, locating, 42, 45

Tin for packing, 24

Tool for leveling shafting, 58

Tools for splicing leather belts, 72

Transmission rope, 135 rope, ordering, 122

Transmission, wire rope, 143 rope, deflection of rope, 144

Traveling take-up for rope drive, 112

Tucking strands, 139

Turning edge of scrapers, 76, 77 up line shafting, 49

V

V-shaped rails, for mounting dynamos and motors, 18

Vertical adjustment for hangers, 3

W

Water, effect on belt, 92

Width of belting, 132, 133

Willis, Geo. F., 115

Wire diameter, for transmission rope, 147

Wire-lacing a belt, 12

Wire rope, splice, 144 transmission, 143

Wrench, proper way to use, 22

Z

Zebu manila hemp, 125, 127

Transcriber's Notes:

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