Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-30
TIE oREAM srpARAroR.
~. Proper fare sud Preventing ihe howl
rroni shaking.


rroni shatins.
The separator IL not o complex ma.
chine 10 tho ssuse Of multiplicity 1t
parts, but Sc ie cmphntic1lly . machine
~ delicate adjustment Tho most usual
way In which q machine IS liable TO GET
out Of order is the Oft repeated com
plnint that 1.-THE bowl shakes This is
avery common and. when not rcmodied,
serious matter Il IL especially tronblo'
some In the smaller machines. Whilo .
slight jar does little harm, any pro-
nounccd wabbling or rafting NJ n howl,
whom up 60 spcrd, will perhaps soii.
onsly impair tho work Of tho machine
by far the most usual cause Of % thakIng
iowl lies IN tho rubber ring which
cushions the upper bcaring Of the bowl
spindlh. Even with all cars this ring
becomes saturated with oil which swclls
81 uncqually on one side or the other, thus
throwing the bowl spindle out ~ line
with tho lower spindle and causing The
howl 20 wabhle sometimes 20 badly o.
IN make Il almost impossible 10 run %
NJ all. This trouble IL especially per-
plesing hccauec ~ IT, sometimes tenn.
porary nature A machine may run all
right nj night aud very badly in tho
morning. or u may even run vury poorly
fot a part uf o run and suddenly sottlo
down aud run smoothly for tho rrst u
the time. owing to sumo slight change
IN the position Of tho rubber ring Or to
the swelling cqualizing itself The only
thing to do Is TO pat in new ring and
keep II ~ free from oil 80 possible. 10
may last for months, or u may swell
uncqually aud trouble again almost inn
modiaioly. This rubber ring may also
- ruined by heating the bearing 20 hot
ns 90 burn tia not very infuquunt o..
ourrcncc with power machines An
effort IL being mede 10 replace this rub.
bor cushion ny one made OF cuilod steel
win. which will not b. affected by oil
or time.
A shaking bowl may also b. caused
by the machine being sct out 81 level.
although have never been ahlo 10 sen
that slight change IN this respect
would mako as much difference ~ IL
often stated. SIN n separator should b.
oct ~ nearly Lowell ~ can b. determined
by a spirit level rrsting In any direction
across tho top Of tho bowl frame. and IL
" very necessary that II b. sct on some.
thing solid. preferably cement floor
or Stone pier. Ahsnluio funncss ~ foun.
dalton Will often Overcome amy tendency
~ shake.
Another cause ~ bowl shaking. and
ono which ought not TO exist Ia q now
machine. IA the wearing N tho spindloa
or their bushings. 10 that they no longer
run "close" The nc OF n separator bear.
ing must b. very exact Any slight
''play" dua TO wear OF inaccurate work
IN turning up tho spindle will Gauss
shaking NJ tho bowl and heating ~ tho
bearings; more power will be- required Ia
run Il. md II must bo rcuiciliod. Some.
times new hushing may be all that d.
required or u the spindle itsolf be- worn
IL will have 10 10 turned down To a new
diameter and special REPAIR size"
bearing put In. OF coufso any rpringing
Of howl spindle. from n fall or other
accident. will mako II impossible "a
run IT. MIX lot into an empty bowl
while the speed is very low will Often
oausc most violent JarrinR. and anJ
large machine will start moro smoothly
~ the bowl bo first Allied with wator oi
milk, because every bowl whom mad
receives It's final balancing when nlloi
with water. Tho diaarrangcmont OF th,
plates or other Swimming DEVICE MAY
Gauss bowl to shake by throwing II
out Of balance IL il u rnfo rule 20 FOL
low that our machine must not jnr, NJ
a. affects the skimming untayufahiy, q
unpleasant aud consumes u great dca
Of power. --Jarod Van wagenun. Jr. II
Rural New Yorker.