EXPERIMENTS WITH CHROMIUM PLATING ON MEDIUM SPEED DIESEL ENGINE CRANKSHAFTS

Abstract

At a meeting of the Institute of Marine Engineers in London on October 22, K. Byer, RNSS (Admiralty Engineering Laboratory), V. J. Dallimore, CEng, MIMechE (British Railways Board) and C. B. Lowe, CEng, MIMechE (British Railways Board) presented a paper with the intention of installing confidence in the use of chromium plating of crankshaft journals in medium‐sized diesel engines as a design feature, or, reclamation process. The paper clarified important features of chromium plate and compared this with other methods of surface treatment. The success of the technique was demonstrated by reference to the results of fatigue tests on full‐sized specimens and extensive experience with crankshafts in commercial service. It is this part of the paper that we have mainly reproduced here in shortened form, by kind permission of the Institute of Marine Engineers.

Citation

(1974), "EXPERIMENTS WITH CHROMIUM PLATING ON MEDIUM SPEED DIESEL ENGINE CRANKSHAFTS", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 26 No. 6, pp. 222-224. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053077