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Monday, March 7, 2016

Guess the Gizmo

Update: Cross-posted to Target: Babies in Open, which should be a bit of a clue in itself.

Update II: After the break: more photos, in part to address a comment by CP88:

17 comments:

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...: Well, it lools like a fancy steel. You don't stamp on numbers to pot metal castings. And it has a way to be dogged down with a spanner. Those holes.... Some sort of gas jet thingy?; 3/07/2016 7:11 AM
Bigcat said...: Flow restriction for a 5x30 hydraulic cylinder?; 3/07/2016 7:28 AM
CenterPuke88 said...: Stereo cooking insert holder? Seems too heavily engineered for that, but it's an unexpected choice, so has a chance.; 3/07/2016 8:01 AM
Comrade Misfit said...: Nope. NJT is on the right track, but not close.; 3/07/2016 8:22 AM
CenterPuke88 said...: Looking some more, seems likely to have 5 small holes and 5 slots and is also hard to tell scale. Can't tell if that's another hole at the top of the slot, or discoloration. Doesn't feel right as a flow restrictor, the holes seem too small. Also, I see no way to secure the item from the side we see, so it likely is either self-contained or is secured from the bottom, where we can't see it.; 3/07/2016 8:24 AM
CenterPuke88 said...: Thank you, young lady. Smaller than I imagined, but matches what I figured from "below". Certainly looks mil-spec. Trying to imagine how you would tighten it down from above, so it seems likely it stands proud. Some form of discharge nozzle?; 3/07/2016 9:31 AM
New Jovian Thunderbolt said...: Pressure relief valve of some sort?; 3/07/2016 9:45 AM
Comrade Misfit said...: CP88 @ 8:31 AM: You're getting close.

NJT @ 8:45 AM: Nope.; 3/07/2016 10:48 AM
CenterPuke88 said...: Perhaps either a fire gas (halon, perhaps) discharge nozzle or a fire fighting spray nozzle?; 3/07/2016 12:02 PM
Ole Phat Stu said...: Fuel injection nozzle?
Like in a big diesel engine?; 3/07/2016 12:57 PM
Ole Phat Stu said...: Ah no, given the diameter ratios, I now think it's for a gas turbine.; 3/07/2016 1:09 PM
New Jovian Thunderbolt said...: Fuel injection nozzle. Like a big water tube boiler?; 3/07/2016 2:08 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: NJT: Bingo!

It's a mechanical fuel-atomization nozzle for a naval boiler.; 3/07/2016 2:36 PM
New Jovian Thunderbolt said...: Shoulda recognized for the time the snipes had me put on a poopy suit and crawl inside there...; 3/07/2016 4:53 PM
New Jovian Thunderbolt said...: The Navy would have serial number control and highly machined close to over-engineered qualities on a part like that.; 3/07/2016 5:57 PM
CenterPuke88 said...: Nice, would it be the steam type?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w-_2aCVvStM (1956 Navy Training film); 3/07/2016 9:04 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: CP88: No. Steam atomization went away when the navy converted from Bunker C to NSFO (similar to diesel fuel).; 3/07/2016 9:47 PM