Modern Mechanical Engineering Vol-I

FITTING AND ERECTING
(a wire rope is best) in the manner shown. It is
forms an out-of-balance weight, which brings

Fig. 13.—Stator Shell of zo,ooo-kw. Turbo-alternator, single casting, weight 28 tons, showing
steel trunnion pins for turning casting on end
the geometrical centre towards the pedestal, and thus leaves one end specially
long, as shown in the sketches. Great care must be taken to get the whole
piece dead level when hanging on the crane, a spirit-level being used for the
purpose, held on the journal or parallel part of the shaft, the point of support
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