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Request to design a rig for testing contact breakers.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 167\2\  img217
Date  5th July 1939
  
6103 & 6118

To By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design}
c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 7/JH.5.7.39.

Will you please design a rig for testing contact breakers. This is to consist in general of a plain shaft, belt driven, and capable of driving a contact breaker to LOP.DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 2005 at one end, and one to LOP.DW.426 at the other end.

We have a three phase sychronous motor which may be used for the drive, this runs at a speed of 1,000 r.p.m. We would like the pulley designed so as to give alternate contact breaker speeds of 500 r.p.m. and 1,000,r.p.m.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
  
  
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