How to Run a 120 Year Old Steam Engine | Here's the Thing... About the Burnley Mill Engine

Рет қаралды 25,938

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 31

@alexball5907 4 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks for such a good explanation. I've been visiting the Science Museum for over 50 years and had always assumed that this engine ran on compressed air. I had no idea that you were actually generating steam to run it!

@sentinelboy8827 5 ай бұрын

Lovely to see the engine running again. Was always my favourite part of the museum as a kid to see all the different engines running. When is the engine run these days as the last couple of times I have been none of them have been running and it does make power room feel very dead without them moving.

@franklindorrell4755 4 ай бұрын

Why am I so obsessed with steam engines!! Thank you for sharing 🙏

@benjamindejonge3624 4 ай бұрын

Excellent conservation of this great machine too, like the accent off Anti as well

@kobusdutoitbosman6240 4 ай бұрын

you are doing timeless and GREAT work Guyz Complimént‼️👊🔥🥂 🪖 🇿🇦

@iaitken1 4 ай бұрын

Amazing. Just amazing

@lzappa9109 4 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you. [Australia]

@pifflebunk 5 ай бұрын

I remember watching that steam engine being worked on when I was there (long time ago as i'm from New Zealand). Looking forward to more videos.

@ScienceMuseum 5 ай бұрын

There's plenty more coming, stay tuned!

@michaelmiller641 5 ай бұрын

Fascinating.thanks for that!

@ScienceMuseum 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@greggwilliamson 4 ай бұрын

Those beautiful works of art, as much as I love big old engines, almost caused the extinction of a species. The belts that ran individual machines used, because it was tougher and lasted longer, the leather of the American Bison. US and Britain used a LOT of leather.

@roberthocking9138 4 ай бұрын

What a beautiful engine, so well preserved. I was wondering why the face of the flywheel is grooved like it is ?

@NickBurman 4 ай бұрын

The grooves were for the cables which drove the main line shaft, which in turn drove the other line shafts that powered the looms.

@bpark10001 3 ай бұрын

Where is the output driveshaft? Is it belted to overhead shaft?

@kobusdutoitbosman6240 4 ай бұрын

magnificent engineering ‼️👊🔥🥂 🪖

@HeritageVideosbyJSouthward 5 ай бұрын

so do you pre warm the engine before running or just get the boiler up to pressure and then run the engine from cold. to be honest its really bad practice if that is the case I've been in charge of and run quite a few mill engines and we always pre warm the engine to reduce the risk of condense in the cylinders as water doesn't compress does it and gives a very real possibility of blowing a cylinder end cover if the water cant drain out quick enough.

@ScienceMuseum 4 ай бұрын

Yes we do pre warm the engine. We usually do this before the first run of the day. It takes 30 minutes to get the engine ready.

@wackowacko8931 4 ай бұрын

I'm surprised that they are still using steam to run it. Most steam museums use compressed air to operate steam engines anymore because it reduces a lot of the equipment required to run it. No boiler, condensor and associated pipework. It also eliminates the possibility of boiler explosion or the potential for fire. All you need is an electric motor and a rotary scroll type air compressor to make the pistons move. It reduces the tendency for the water to rust out all those components also.

@daveduggan321 3 ай бұрын

Not sure why they're using steam but it could be because it's a steam engine.

@martinschroederglst 2 ай бұрын

And as they said: all the tolerances are only right if the nachine is hot. You can't achieve that easily with air. Moreover, I believe that steam has different properties regarding lubrication that air.