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Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« on: April 19, 2019, 02:57:07 am »
Video from a friend

Enjoy !




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Re: Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2019, 04:26:24 am »
Nice to see a tandem compound engine working hard!

Looks to be a very well maintained example too.

Thanks for the video!
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Re: Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2019, 09:37:01 am »
Amazing to watch the compound engines working and well maintained.
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Re: Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2019, 10:13:04 am »
Now that's what I call some great Chuff!!!

Beautiful machine, well maintained without a doubt. That eccentric motion along the cam shaft is just mesmerizing ... poetry in motion to be sure!
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Re: Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2019, 12:11:28 pm »
Wow!  8)
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Re: Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2019, 02:00:57 pm »
Enjoyed the video. What a magnificent machine!
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Re: Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2019, 08:50:21 pm »
A wonderful machine!!!


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Re: Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2019, 07:47:11 pm »
Watched the entire thing.  Just look at all that machining...
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« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2019, 09:00:46 pm »
Watched the entire thing.  Just look at all that machining...

Not just a lot of machining, but very large machining, which is worlds apart from the kind of machining most of us do here. Think about multi-hundred ton overhead cranes just to bring the part to your lathe or mill, then think of chucking it up, fixturizing it or tramming it in to proper position.

Machining on this scale is a whole different deal!
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Re: Sulzer steam in Schlieren near Zürich
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2019, 12:45:42 am »
Great video Alan.

Thanks for posting.

What an engineering marvel.

And I love the tiling on the floor.