Operation of semiautomatic wheel shop handling requirements for freight cars on Pacific lines of Southern Pacific at Sacramento, Calif; new shop features latest mounting and demounting presses, electronically-controlled boring machines and other equipment; wheels and axles are inspected with modern ultrasonic and magnetic particle testing units; new and reused axles are machined on three manually-operated lathes to which they are moved by elevators and conveyors under push-button control. (47667)


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    Title :

    SP wheel shop semi-automated


    Additional title:

    Ry Locomotives Cars


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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