The engineer's sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details employed in the design and construction of machinery for every purpose

by Thomas Walter Barber

Section 8.—BED-PLATES, FOUNDATIONS AND FRAMING OF MACHINES.

(See also [p. 22].)

[1968]. Shrunk ring fastening for segments of wheels, bed-plates and framing. A wrought-iron ring is shrunk over two lugs cast on the adjoining pieces of the frame, &c.

[1969]. Foundation for gas engine on a fire-proof floor, with several layers of felt between to diminish vibration and noise.

[1970]. Box bed-plate, sometimes used as a tank, air reservoir, surface condenser, &c.

[1971]. Standard type of stand for a light machine.

[1972]. Box-bed, frame or plinth, constructed of flat castings joined by grooves and fillets and long bolts or rivets.

Columns, handrailing, and other parts of machine framings are used as air-vessels, drain-pipes, and for enclosing working rods and parts of machines.

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