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Nozzles, expanding, 14

Oil, 57, 103, 109
amount passing through bearings, 122
consumption, high, 175
detecting water in, 122
pressure, 122
-temperature curve, 123

Oil, testing, 110
velocity of flow, 122

Oiling, 87
system, importance, 119

Operation, Allis-Chalmers turbine, 54, 55
successful, 105

Operations in handling turbine plant, 146

Overload valve, 28

Packing, carbon, 19
glands, 71
ring, self-centering, 14

Parsons type of turbine, 41

Passage in foundation, 2

Peep-holes, 15, 18

Piping, 171
changing, 179
inspection, 164

Pressure, 63
gages, 166
in glands, 57

Pump, circulating, fails to meet guarantee, 172
inspection, 164

Radial clearance, 63

Rateau turbines, 118

Relief valves, 31
valves, importance, 159

Ring, carbon, 20

Rotor, Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 59

Running, 99

Safety-stop, 22
-stop governor, 86

Saucer steps, 39

Screw, step-bearing, 18
step-supporting, 4

Separators, 105

Setting spindle and cylinder for minimum leakage, 115
valves in Curtis turbine, 31, 32

Shaft, holding up while removing support, 8

Shield-plate, 26, 36

Shim, horseshoe, 8

Shroud rings, 44, 46

Shrouding on buckets and intermediates, 18

Shutting down, 101

Special turbine features, 127

Spindle, lifting, 96
removing, 104

Spraying mechanism, 158

Stage valves, 28, 31

Starting up, 54, 95

Step-bearing, lowering to examine, 8
-bearing screw, 18
-blocks, 4
-lubricant, 4
-pressure, 38
-supporting screw, 4
-water, flow, 38

Stopping turbine, 56

Sub-base, 8

Superheated steam, 105

Test loads, 141
necessary features, 163

Testing oil, 110
preparing turbine for, 145
steam turbine, 112, 137, 152

Thermometer, calibrating and testing, 169
oil, 125

Thrust-block, 118

Top block, 4

Troubles with steam turbine auxiliaries, 172

Turbine features, special, 127

Vacuum, 152
raising, 107
test, 135

Valve-gear, 83
-gear, mechanical, 22, 32
operation during consumption test, 138
overload, 28
relief, 31
importance, 159
setting in Curtis turbine, 31, 32
stage, 28,31

Vapor bound pumps, 178

Water, cooling, limited, 177
in oil, detecting, 122
-measurement readings, 148
pressure, 101
service, 126
importance, 119
tests of condenser, 133
used in glands, 57, 76

Westinghouse-Parsons steam turbine, 58

Wheels, 14
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