STEAM TRAPS
BRITAIN SETS WORLD RECORD 2,000,000 SOLD BY ONE FIRM What is believed to be a world record has been set up by a British firm winch has just sold its twoI millionth steam trap. A steam trap is an automatic Valve which gets rid of water condensing from steam in pipe lines and steam-heated units. There are many types and many ways in which they work. Some contain a float which lifts in the water that comes to it, so opening a discharge valve. Others have a bucket which sinks as it fills with this water and pulls a valve oif its seat. Yet others carry a thermostat which closes to steafn and opens to cooler'water, automatically draining it olf. Traps arc to be found in whaling ships in the Antarctic, in the oil refineries of Iran, in the woollen mills of Scotland, the cotton mills of Virginia, on machines for polishing oranges, ironing shirts, and peeling nuts; in brcdcries, battleships and Buckingham Palace; in Westminster, Washington, Ottawa and Canberra.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 270, 12 February 1941, Page 6
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172STEAM TRAPS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 270, 12 February 1941, Page 6
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