cross-compound

[ kraws-kom-pound, kros- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a compound engine or turbine) having the high-pressure and low-pressure units side by side.

These engines are made in two styles, simple double cylinder and cross compound.

If a receiving valve in a cross-compound compressor breaks, what may be done?

Fig. 48 shows a cross-compound engine of heavy design, built especially for rolling mill work.

If a transmission bar on a cross compound is broken, what would you do for the right side?

If during a trip you found the piston valve rings of a cross compound were broken, what would you do?

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