Curtis turbine, 27, 31
improved, Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 83
-rods, adjusting, 35
safety-stop, 86
Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 80
Grinding, 38
Guide-bearing, lower, 9
Gump, Walter B., 172
Holly draining system, 106
Horseshoe shim, 8
Hot-well regulation, 148
Inspection, 103
Intermediate, 14
Jacking ring, 8
Jet condenser, 154
Johnson, Fred L., 1, 31
Leakage, 118
Load variation, 144
Lower guide-bearing, 9
Lubrication, 51
Measuring tanks, 171
Mechanical valve-gear, 32
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
lower or fourth-stage, 14
position, 18