Abstract
MR. CROFT is concerned with the mechanical features of electrical machinery installation. The average young engineer when he has finished his college training knows little of the mechanical operations that have to be performed between the unloading, for example, of a heavy motor generator-set, from the car to its final fixing and aligning in its operating position. As a rule, he allows himself to be guided by the foreman, who generally does everything by a cut-and-dried method. The methods of arranging the slings and of bracing the apparatus prior to lifting he learns from the workmen. The methods learnt in this way are unsuitable in certain cases, and the young engineer is too often thrown on his own resources, sometimes with unfortunate results. We therefore welcome this book, as it should prove useful to every engineer engaged in erecting work. There are 334 excellent illustrations, showing not only the correct methods, but also commonly used incorrect methods, of performing necessary mechanical operations. A section of the work is devoted to “mechanical maintenance,” particular attention being devoted to the upkeep of the bearings.
Electrical-Machinery Erection.
Terrell
Croft
By. Pp. ix + 314. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1925.) 15s. net.
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Electrical-Machinery Erection . Nature 117, 299 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117299c0
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