Spare gear.
(
Machinery.) Extra parts carried in steamers to replace any portions of the machinery which may be broken or injured at sea.
The following is a list of tools and spare gear for a naval tender, and may serve as an illustration:—
list of tools and spare articles for engines (with screw-propellers) of 450 horse-power.
Engineers' Tools.
| No. |
Brushes, for boiler-tubes, to every 100 horse-power. | 20 |
Drifts, short and long, to every 100 horse-power. | 1 each. |
Fire-irons. | 12 |
Mandrels, to every 100 horse-power. | 1 each. |
Scrapers, circular and forked, to every 100 horse-power. | 5 each. |
Spanners and wrenches, of sports. | 24 |
Stocks, taps, and dies, from 1/2 to 1 1/4 inch. | 1 set. |
Spare Gear.
Air-pump side-rods, with straps and brasses complete (if so fitted). | 2 |
Air-pump rod. | 1 |
Air-pump cross-head (if so fitted). | 1 |
Bars, furnace. | 1/2 set. |
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| No. |
Bearers. | 3 |
Boiler-plates. | 6 cwt. |
Bolts and nuts for engines, properly assorted. | 120 |
Cylinder-lid. | 1 |
Cylinder cross-head (if so fitted). | 1 |
Ferrules for boiler-tubes, to every 100 horse-power. | 50 |
Piston and rod. | 1 |
Propeller and shaft complete. | 1 |
Rod, connecting, with strap and brasses complete. | 1 |
Rod feed-pump (if so fitted). | 1 |
Rod bilge-pump if so fitted) | 1 |
Rod-slide. | 1 |
Screws, packing, for slides, complete for one engine. | 1 set. |
Springs for each piston (if so fitted). | 1 set. |
Springs for other parts of engines, for one engine. | 1 set. |
Tubes, boiler, to every 100 horse power. | 10 |
Tubes, glass, for barometers. | 2 |
Valve, foot, without seat. | 1 |
Washers, iron. | 100 |
The term is equally applicable to the parts of any machine which may be duplicated.