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DIESEL ENGINES.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, '1929.
as a result of being purchased rough machinod. They were ulto very successful with the C., Hai ers, having only one fallure In 18 castings and this was only spongy in the skirt portion.
WARWICK REVUES.
TO BE GIVEN IN THE THEATRE ROYAL
ENGR. CAPT. «MICHELL'S INTERESTING LECTURE,
Engineer Captain W. H. Michell. Dealing with the difficulties they
Mr. Edgar Warwick announces M. 1. Mech, E., R.N., who after experienced with the manufacture that, following his successful hrtof stay in Hongkong is short of the aluminium alloy platons, season at the Stur Theatre, he will leaving to continue his work in the speaker said that a great deal be playing at the Theatre Royal a new aphore, gave a particularly of work had been done of late on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday interesting and instructive paper years on those aluminium alloys and Saturday of next week, entitled "Some difficulties in the and various valuable reports had manufacture and trials of Diesel been issued, including that of the Engines," at the Institution of En-work done at the Royal Air Fact Kincers and Shipbuilders of ory at Cardington. They studied Hongkong, last evening,
all these with great attention but The President (Mr. L. J. Black-when it was pointed out that the the distance. burn), was in the chair, and wal-largest pieces dealt with in those the Government will attend one
He has agreed to do so in"red-i ponse to many requests from Peak residents, who have been preclud- ed from attending his portorm- ances at Kowloon on account of
H.E. the Officer Administering
comed the members of the Univer- papers, weigh perhaps three lbs. sity, who wero present. Captain it would be realised that they had of the revues at the Theatre Royal, Michell, he added, would be loaya long way to go. They arst at but it is not yet known which one Ing them shortly as he had been tempted to cast these pistona up-
he will choose.
which was
transferred to B new sphere. side down with a chill for the in two or three minutes by shut- They all wished him every hap bottom and sides also for the gud-ting off the supply and allowing piness and health and thanked him geon pin landing. but their for the Interest he had taken in greatest trouble in this instancet to pump itself out with the en- the work of the Institution dur-was with the sponginess in the gine running instead of stopping Ing His short stay in the Colony. vicinity of the core holes. The rat and draining the water away, They trusted he would help them best results
a long process. It were obtained by! by asking his successor to da liko-heating the mould and the chills was of course necessary to keep wise.
to about 150 degrees F. the metal strict watch on the discharge and to shut down immediately it Captain Michell in the course of being poured at about 650 de-,
began to fail. They were very his paper said that although there grees C. were numerous papers published The cooling oil pipes to the chary of using that method at in the transactions of the various ristons gave considerable trouble rat, but adopted it later without
any mishap. Institutions on the results of trials with breakages, and they had dif-
Measurements and records were run with Diesel engines of various ficulty in running with the skew taken of all oil and water used types, in none of them was men-gearing of the vertical shaft: as during the trials, and of tempera tion made of dificulties in con- originally fitted it was made in the tures. The shop trials consisted usual manner (ie., a steel driving of a preliminary six hours run de- Referring to a pair of eight part and a metal driven part, in veloping half power, a recorded cylinder four-stroke single acting this case phosphor bronze), but run of 72 hours at 90% to full reversible Diesel engines, design-more satisfactory results were
power, an eight hours full power
struction.
Difficult Work.
ed to run at 399 revolutions, to obtained eventually by a phosphor trial, also a three hours' trial astern develop 8,000 B.H.P. on cylinders bronze worm driving a steel worm- at 90% full power: reversing trials 2134" diameter by 21" stroke, wheel, Captain Michell. suid great dif:; ficulty was experienced through- out with the steel castings, owing to blowholes; and his experience of steel castings in the last few years had been distinctly disap pointing, no maker apparently be ing able to supply continuously satisfactory castings even of the simplest form, and the industry did not seem to have advanced reliability during the last twent
years.
to
Captain Michell illustrated his
and trials to ascertain how many etarts were possible with the The manufacture of the main starting air bottles charged once.
One engine was kept about a cam-shaft, which carried a double set of cams ahead and astern run-month in advance of the other, were eventually ring, was an exceedingly difficult and the trials
successful in the second engine and delicate operation, and
en a Sunday afternoon; steady the running of the engine following Saturday at noon the on- by the large 0.1.flywheel was made. To get the correct adjustment the ship which was
gine was completely erected on launched a ahead and astern of Diesel valve.
fortnight later., inlet and exhaust Valves for sight cylinders was a job in itself and * Weak Spots.
occupied about forty hours, but Continuous difficulty was ex with that completed they ran the perienced in obtaining satisfactory engine for several hours with the heads, and one place in particular forced lubrication pump going. was the groove for C. jointing and the friction was reduced from ring connecting to the sandwich a maximum load of 500, amperes plate. Another weak spot was to about 360. where the blast air hole
The next step was to introduer drilled through the tasting, and fuel into the engine and this was in several cases. they had to done one cylinder at the time tubes to get over the sponginess. whilst the engine was running. No trouble. was experienced by They had a new Heenan and them with the forgings, simply Frouse reversible" brake, and it because they had been overcome was possible to empty the brake
Was
points by diagrams, and at the close of the paper was thanked at the instance of Professor Mid- dleton Smith of the Hongkong University.
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