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Société Anonyme des Ateliers Carels Frères (Carels Brothers) of Ghent (Gent, Gand), Belgium.
Established in 1838[1]
Supplied a number of large steam engines to UK textile mills, seven engines being installed in Lancashire spinning mills.
1880 Letter to Engineering from George Mallinson, Jun., 26, English Quay, St. Petersburg: 1880.'PUMPING ENGINES AT NIJNI-NOVGOROD.
TO THE EDITOR OF ENGINEERING.
SIR,- I notice in your issue of October 22 a description
and illustrations of "Pumping Engines at the Nijni-Novgorod Water Works." Leaving all other details to a
future communication, I think it right in some way to complete the report in your paper by statement of facts, which
evidently are not known to its author, as their omission
might induce into error. The engines described were not
constructed by the Compagnie de Fives-Lille at Paris, and
this to my great regret, but by Messrs. Chas. L. Carels
Freres at Gand, Belgium. These engines, after having
been put up by this firm, have not been able to produce the
work stipulated by contract, viz., to raise 300,000 vedros
(=828,000 gallons) 420 ft. high in 24, hours, and have therefore been rejected, and are now being replaced by others. Without entering into any discussion, I only beg to state
that the pumps acted well, but that the engines were not
able to develop the necessary horse power, and consequently to produce the necessary number of revolutions,
viz., 120. The condenser produced hardly any vacuum with
the great valve as shown in your illustration. After this
valve having been replaced by a fixed plate bearing a
number of small india-rubber valves, the obtained vacuum
was 23 in. Throughout the trials the space between the
cylinders could not be kept under a sufficient vacuum, and
heat was developed to such extent as in one case to melt
the anti-friction metal at the crankshaft bearings. The
diameter of small cylinder was 400 mm. (15.75 in.), and not,
as stated in the report, 17.3 in. The dimensions of the
engines were left to the discretion of the constructors. I remain, Sir, yours truly,...
[2].
This letter was followed by one from Carels Freres:-
PUMPING ENGINES AT NIJNI-NOVGOROD.
To THE EDITOR OF ENGINEERING.
SIR,- Your number of the 22nd of last October contains an article about engines furnished to the town of
Nijni-Novgorod for the distribution of water, and your
number of the 17th of November contains a letter saying
that these engines come from our establishment. This
letter omits, however, to state that these engines were in
effect constructed by us, but on plans imposed on us, and
are different to those which we adopt when their construction is left to us. We shall be much obliged to you by your insertion of
this in your next number of ENGINEERING. ...'[3]
1889 Description and drawings of horizontal engine on Sulzer's system, shown at the Paris Exhibition [4]
1894 Brief description and drawings of single-acting 'Willans'-type engine [5]
1914 Description and drawings of 1600 BHP marine oil engine [6]
1921 Carels merged with the Société d'Électricité et de Mécanique (SEM). Controlled by Thomson-Houston?
1922 The Engineer 1922/05/05 journal has an in-depth description of the works.
1930 Description of tug Irande and its Carels-Ingersoll-Rand diesel engine. The tug was one of two made for the Thames Steam Tug and Lighterage Co by John I. Thornycroft and Co at their Woolston Works, Southampton. The other tug was named Wortha, and fitted with a Worthington engine.[7]
1934 The company merged with Van den Kerchove.
In 1960, the company was absorbed into ACEC (Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi )
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 'The Sulzer Engine Comes to Britain' by J L Wood, Newcomen Soc.
- ↑ Engineering 1880/11/19
- ↑ Engineering 1880/12/03
- ↑ Engineering 1889/07/26
- ↑ Engineering 1894/11/09
- ↑ Engineering 1914/03/20
- ↑ Engineering 1930/01/24
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins, Vol 3.1, Landmark Publishing.