Special car axle burnishing machines employ two sets of opposed rollers, two rollers being used to burnish each journal of car axle simultaneously; in burnishing 5 1/2- to 7-in. diam journals, 10 to 12 in. long, with AAR Standard journal fillets at each end, axle is run at approximately 150 surface ft per min, with roller feed of 5 1/2 in. per min.


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    Title :

    Refinishing axles of rolling stock by burnishing


    Additional title:

    Machy (NY)


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1944


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Axles: railway rolling stock material

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