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EVERYTHING G&C ELECTRICAL"

"Magnet"

ELECTRIC FANS MADE IN ENGLAND

Price with Rod £5.18.6.

Speed Regulator 15/6d.

KINGSWAY" CEILING FAN 56* Sweep.

Price with Rod

$4.12.6.

Speed Regulator

-16/6d.

"KINGSWAY JUNIOR" CEILING FAN 44′′ Sweep.

The "KINGSWAY" Ceiling Fans are specially designed for use in tropical climates. They are practically noiseless and represent a marked improvement on any other alternating current ceiling fan hitherto produced.

For further particulars please apply :---

The General Electric Co. of China, Ltd. Queen's Building, Hong Kong.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1933.

ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

HIRE-PURCHASE BEARDMORE DIESELS AT

SCHEMES

DALMUIR WORKS

Financing Problems Magnificent New 225 b.h.p.

High Speed Engine

Whether it be good or evil, there

general engineering, as well as the ring activities of the firm, are concentrated at their Dalmuir works."

VALVES AND VALVE GEAR

The inlet and exhaust valves work in guides pressed into the is made of special heat-resisting steel, and this with the inlet valve are fitted with double, concentric springe, the upper spring cages being held in place by split come washers fitting into recesses formed on the valve spindles. On the tops of the spindles steel caps are fitted which contain hardened steel balls provided with fat surfaces making contact with the tappets on the valve rocker levers. The balls oscillate in their steel com- tainers, and wear on the tappals is eliminated. The latter are easily adjustable to give the correct clear- ances.

for

is no doubt that the hire-pur- chase system of trading has be-1 come permanent in this country, Since the beginning of this year even if it has not reached the di- big developments have been in pro- mensions which are common else-gress in the engineering department of Messrs William Beardmore and where. The result le that no reCo., Ltd., and now the Diesel and cylinder head. The exhaust valve taller can afford to refuse this facility to the purchaser, but while the necessary financial arrange

At present there are nearly a ments provide no obstacle to the large undertaking, they may im-thousand men employed at Dalmuir on a wide range of werk-high- pose a considerable burden on the pressure tarbines, boilers, gear, and smaller arm. This difficulty has, internal combustion engines for of course, been largely overcome road, rail, marine, and generating with the assistance of financiers, sets. Altogether there are some who, at a price, liquidate the pur- thing like 100 sets of Diesel engines chaser's debt to the retailer, and on hand, while another encouraging subsequently collect the sum ow-feature is the fact that a number ing from the former. In practice, of the Diesela are for export to however, this system has not been foreign countries, and I learn that Where British oil ongines are not merely the examination of the "bona ad- holding their own, but ara enhan- és of the purchaser has been left cing their position in the foreign to the retailer, he has shown an market,

The gear train is housed between optimism which might not have Among the foreign work on hand two walls, forming a chamber at been exhibited had the risk been at Dalmuir are engines for Poland, the dy wheel end of the engine. his alone, while where the matter Spain, and Roumania, sro I un- Certain of the gear wheels have has had to be referred to a cent derstand inquiries are coming for single helical teeth to give silent ral authority, delays have occur ward from other foreign operators. running; others have plain apur red which have not been good for Work is now being speeded up | teeth. The wheels are mounted on trade. To overcome these draw-on the Admiralty orders-turbines £xed spindles and provided with backs, a scheme has been evolved and boilers for two cruisers and long brouse bushed bearings lubri by the mutual trade protection although the firm are not workingcated under pressure. The first movement throughout Great Bri-to full capacity they will soon be

gear engaging the driving pinion tain in co-operation with the busier than they have been for

in the crankshaft is arranged at Commercial Security many years, and every other week the side of the latter, and any var whereby the approval of credit more workers are finding employ-iation t the vertical position risks and the receipt of payments mont.

the crankshaft during adjustment will be delegated to the local

of the main benings does not affect tade protection societies.

without its disadvantages.

Bankers"

SANITARY WARE

MODERN SANITARY

EARTHENWARE. APPLIANCES IN WHITE & COLOUR

ITD

THE

JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION,

14, PEDDER ST. HÀNG MONG

(Incorporated under the Companies" Ordinances of Hongkong)

SOLE ACENTS

SHAMEEN, CANTON,

For Constructural Work of Every

Description

Use Green Island Cement

GENERAL.

WBERE "GREEN ISLAND CEMENT IS MADE.

VIEW OF THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT WORKS TAKEN FROM THE SEA.

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FOREIGN ORDER

GEAR TRAIN

I had an opportunity the other the erect cehug of the gear. day of seeing a demonstration of In addition to driving the fuel- the new six-cylinder 223 h.p. high-pump, governor, and camshaft at speed oil engines which have been the flywheel end of the engine a built at Dalmuir for a foreign drive is provided to a layshaft Government. These engines are of carried in the underbed of the This layshaft transmits new design and represent the gine. result of some ten years of research the drive to the water circulating work and study of the high-speed and bilge pumps, lubricating oil Diesel, problem. During this per- and fuel booster pumps located at iod 7,000,000 train miles have been the opposite end of the engine. covered by Beardmore Diesel en All the auxiliaries and other drives gines, and data gained from their are therefore taken from the. By- Experience, together with that btained from other applications of the Diesel engine, have been made full use of in producing the new desigu

Although the engines demonstrat ed are for installation in high speed river craft the design such that they are equally suitable for high-speed generating and pumping plant, and as prime movers for railway traction purposes, with either electrical or mechanical transmission. In this connection it is interesting to note that the firm have some further engines of the same type in hand, one of which is for installation in a locomotive now being built at the works of Messrs. Hawthorn Leslie, on the

Tyne.

heel end, and, consequently, not subjected to the effects of any tor- siona! oscillations in the crankshaft system.

The fuel pump is located on the same side of the engine as the | atomisers and camshaft. It is compact in farm and easily remor- able for inspection, The drive in taken through an Oldham coupling from the main gear train, adjust- ment being provided at the coup- ling to facilitate timing, the pump. The pump is of the constant stroke variable delivery type, the plungers being driven by a half-speed cam shaft

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The measurement of fuel and its period of injection is controlled by the plunger, which is capable of partial rotation, this movement As the recent acceptance trais being effected by the governor. The of the engines demonstrated a full-liner is made in two parts, the power trial was run at 1200 r.p.. lower portion having a helical up at 225 h.p. The engines were then

per edge which controls the end of pat, up to 250 h.p. at the same re- volutions for a period of two hours, injection, while the upper portion and finally they were run for is recessed and fitted over the lower short period at 1300 .p.a., and part, the upper end of the recess developed 280 h.p. All trials pass controlling the start of injection. The atomiser is of the "closed" ed off without incident, and were differential spring loaded needle completely satisfactory, the fuel

It consists of a stamped consumption being within the type.

steel body with removable harden- guarantee figure without utilisinged steel, guide and hardened steel the tolerance which had been agreed to by the purchasers,

needle, the adjustable spring hold-

It is interesting to note that the ing the needle upon a oned seat weight of each engine is only 2 tons in the steel noszle, which is of the

multi-hole type, 7 est, completa with self-contained quiliaries, clutch, reverse gear, and silencer.

DETAILS OF NEW ENGINE The new 225 b.h.p, high-speed. Beardmore Diesel has many inter eating mechanical and metallurgi- cal features, a few of which are briefly outlined here. The engine

RULING AND DRAWING STENCIL

Our attention has recently been is of robust design, light in weight, drawn to the uses and advantages and special attention has been of the Manormus drawing instru-, given to casa of dismantling the men. This consists of a ruling. various auxiliaries and thoso com- atencil, protractor, and lettering ponent parts which require inspec-guide made of transparent cel- dou.

luloid and measuring 7 in. by The crankcase is of nickel chrome 31in the longitudinal edges ast iron. The upper part forms of which are parallel. Of the the water-soket around the cylin- lateral edges, that on the right der liners. The camshaft is car is rectangular, and that on the ried in a chamber formed at the top and front side of the engine, and enclosed when the camshaft is in position by a detachable cover plate. The lower part of the crank- case carries the main bearings with an additional bearing at the fly wheel end, which is arranged to take any and thrust on the crank shaft, Access doors facilitate re moval of the connecting rod large and bearings

ELECTRIC

EXTENSIONS IN SHANGHAI

Turbo Generator On Way From England

The latest turbó generator unit of Riverside is now on the way to Shanghai from England and pre- parations for its installation are well forward

The set, will be used as a base load unit and its economy in opera- tion is therefore of the greatest importance.

The high-pressure steam rotor The plant consists of a 22,500 k.w. weighs 4 tons. The low-pressure super-efficient Curtis Type Impulse rotor weighs 9 tons and the elec Reaction 2-cylinder turbine manu-trical rotor 15 tons. This means. factured by The British Thomson-that nearly 30 tons of material are Houston Co., Ltd. of Rugby, revolving at 3,000 revolutions per England, and direct coupled to a minute. B.TE. 25,000 kv.a. alternator.

The weight of the generator stator is 48 tons and the weight of the complete unit 190 tons. The overall length of the set is 55 feet, the width 13 feet, and the

The

The set will run at a speed of 3,000 revolutions per minute and will exhaust into a horizontal two- pass surface type condenser manu- factured by Messrs. Worthington-height from the floor to the top Simpson Co., Ltd., Newark, England. of the unit 11 feet 8 inches The condenser will have & total quantity of oil circulated through

of 20,800 square cooling surface

the oil coolers by the main oil leet. The circulating water and

pump is 135,000 lb. per hour. extraction pumps for this condena- ing plant will be driven by motors of British Thomson-Houston manu- facture.

left is cut off at an angle of 75 deg. Conical holes, to the num ber of 230 have been drilled in the stencil. These are drilled with accuracy, and act as a guide when the point of the pencil is put per- pendicularly into the required hole and the stencil moved along the ruler or T-square. By means of the holde, parallel lines, squar- ea, rectangles, hutchings, auxiliary lines for lettering, and other rul- The cylinder head is generally ed lines circles, of radi ranging constructed of aluminium alloy, from 1/10 in. to 3 ; can also be but where salt water ooling is em described. By using the left edge ployed is of nickel. cast iron. With of the instrument guide lines for Aluminium the valve seats of alloy oblique lettering can be drawn: steel are cast in The head om for upright lettering the right Laine que inlet and one exhaust edge is used. The stencil should valve arranged centrally along the prove useful, not only to engin

entre line of the engine, the fuel cering draughtsmen, but also to injector being at the side and architecta surveyors, and oth arranged horizotally.

professional men, and studer

Three stages of the turbine will be utilised for extracting steam for use with high.. Intermediate and low pressure Worthington-Simpson feed heaters to give a final feed- water temperature of 288 deg. F. Steam will be supplied to the turbine at 350 lb. per sq. in. (gauge) and 700 deg. F. temperature,"

The materials used in the manu- facture of the turbine are of the -very-highest grade, special alloy steels being employed for the rotat- Ing parts, etc.

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In recent years more than 68,000 kw. of B.TH turbine plant bas been supplied to China and placed in successful commission at Hong- kong, Kowloon, Tsingtao, Hang- chow, Nanking, Nanchang, Mentou- kou and Anking.

Our Best Wishes to All

for

A Merry Christmas

and

A Happy New Year.

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