Filling, sealing and testing thermostatic valves: Class 08 locomotives (TM-DER-002)

Last updated on 02 August 2013 3:15
The bellows of thermostatic valves from Glass 08 locomotives may corrode and puncture. Although new bellows are obtainable, complete units have been in short supply. B.R.E.L. proposed, therefore, to replace the bellows only and a process for filling these with a suitable actuating fluid, sealing and testing the complete valve...
Author(s): Harrison N.
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1974
United Kingdom
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