crossheads

It should be made sure that the crossheads for mounting the drive unit are connected as securely as possible to the frame.

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The drive unit and the bearings are fastened to two crossheads of the frame (Fig. 28).

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Explain the construction and use of swivels and crossheads.

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Large metal planing machines were well known by 1830, and by midcentury crossheads and crosshead guides were used on both sides of the Atlantic in engines with and without working beams.

Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt Eugene S. Ferguson 1960

For attachment to swing-frames the saws have buckles riveted to them; these are by various modes connected to the crossheads.

Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Various

Swing-frames for carrying saws are ordinarily of wrought iron or steel, and made up of several pieces mortised and tenoned together in the form of a rectangular frame or parallelogram, of which the longest sides are termed verticals and the shortest crossheads or crossrails.

Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Various

Another improvement consists in using, when a double line is employed, stretchers or crossheads to keep the flexible girders nearly parallel to each other, so that when necessary the load to be transported may be suspended from or borne by both tram wires jointly or simultaneously, thus permitting a load of greater weight than that for which each single tram wire is intended to be carried over the system.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various

The line at Weston consist of a series of posts, 60 ft. apart, with two lines of rods or ropes, supported by crossheads on the posts.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various

Both crossheads were originally of cast iron but one of these has been replaced and is of steel.

The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 John H. White

In the engine room there are six steam pumps, two of them bilge pumps, worked by the main crossheads, for clearing the engine room of water.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 Various