Marine Steam Boilers

A film manual for the maintenance of steam boilers with the inclusion of cartoon frames. The film was made on the instructions of the People's Commissariat for Water. First part. Inspection of the boiler before firing up. Before firing up, the mechanic performs a thorough inspection of the boiler and the steam-water space. Type of smoke tubes, flame tube. The mechanics are cleaning off the scale found in the boiler. Inspecting the steam-water space, the repairmen check whether there is oil, whether there are new defects, whether the old ones have increased to the limits of the boiler threatening danger. Checking for erosion by a template. Inspection of hard-to-reach places of the boiler. Check before leaving if there are any foreign objects in the boiler. The second part of. The foreman determines the degree of deformation of the flame tube. Laying the grates after inspecting the boiler. View of the gaps between the grates. Gasket overlay. Tightening bolts, checking valves. View of the valve for bleeding air from the boiler before filling with water. Removing air from the superheater before filling it with water, starting the water. The fireman is kindling. Leveling coal on the grate. The third part. View of the valve for venting air from the boiler. Blowing cold gauge glasses. The master tightens the bolts at the neck. Pressure gauge needle reading. The superheater is freed from water and filled with steam. The foreman checks the safety valves by manually opening them. Checking the correct installation of the safety valves with a test pressure gauge. Fourth part. Type of water measuring device. Operation of the device at different water levels. The fireman throws coal into the firebox, cleans the smoke tubes with a hand bath, a steam bath, increases the draft by opening the blower. Smoke comes from the chimney of the steamer. Fifth part. The fireman sifts through the hole in the furnace, throws fuel in small portions. Cleaning the heating surface from scale and soot. The fireman is engaged in insulation of the surface of the boiler and pipelines. Summer, the steamer sails along the river, boats are at the shore. Injection condenser operation. The condensate is discharged overboard. The sixth part. Type of water heater. Heating water in a water heater with exhaust steam from auxiliary mechanisms. The dynamo is running. Boiler wall corrosion. View of the air outlet valve. Solenoid meter. River, trees along the banks. Seventh part. View of the top blowing valve. Bottom blowing valve. Kingston. The fireman throws coal into the furnace. The foreman inspects the boiler and removes scale, turns off the steam line. A type of low-voltage lamp used when working in a boiler. Eighth part. Type of steel descaling brush. The master removes the scale in the boiler with a brush. The mechanic removes the hard scale with a scrubber. Type of notches left after careless cleaning of the boiler. Chain cleaning of smoke tubes. Cleaning with a sharashka. Station for hot flushing of boilers, type of service premises. Hot water from the external tank enters the boiler through the hose. Cleaning the boiler after flushing. The steamer departs from the pier, floats along the river, views of the banks, villages on the banks of the river.

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Cartoonists L.G. Pershel, E. D. Shpakovskaya, A.S. Litvinova, N.A. Karshina