Machine developed by American Brake Shoe and Foundry Co, installed at its Sargent Research Laboratory, Mahwah, N J, uses rotating type of loading and is equipped with 7 rings of various weights to give 26 combinations of wheel loads from 4000 to 40,000 lb and can be operated up to 150 mph. (See also Ry Age v 101 n 4 July 25 1936 p 138-40; Iron Age v 138 n 4 July 23 1936 p 34-5 and 58)
New brake-shoe testing machine in sargent laboratory
Can Ry Mar World
1936
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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