The High / Intermediate piston rod was removed and has been skimmed, by an outside contractor, to remove rust which would otherwise destroy the steam-tight glands.
A pressure canner is a specially-made heavy pot with a lid that can be closed steam-tight.
He had no engineering expertise himself, and Roebuck's men lacked the skills needed to produce a steam-tight, efficient engine.
The steam-tight joints had to be made with a cement which normally took a week to harden.
This is a critical step for providing steam-tight valves for optimum operation.
Application to steam-tight boilers with cylindrical exchanger.
The process of driving the staybolt is to hammer one end enough to cause the metal of the staybolt to swell into the threads which will ensure a strong and steam-tight joint.
All tiles are not necessarily smooth and steam-tight, test your surface first.
These were made steam-tight with four packing rings, so greatly reducing the contact area between the walls and the piston.
Finally, a steam-tight sealing also opens up the possibility of accommodating a depot of corrosion-retarding media, even easily volatile media, within the hinge bearing arrangement.
All processes in use hitherto, such as the steam-tight panelling, the removal or encasement and surface coating of contaminated construction elements cannot be justified from a curatorial point of view.
Thereby, the steam-tight membrane 42 is cut by a cutting knife 49.