Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 11 Issue 4

Oil Fires and Explosions in Compressed Air Systems

A.C. SMITH

FIRES and oil explosions are known to have occurred in compressed air systems since the earliest days of the air compressor. Attempts to make systematic surveys of the extent of…

THE ENGINEERING & MARINE EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE MANY PRODUCTS OF LUBRICATING EQUIPMENT BEING SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME

THE Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition opens at Olympia on April 16th and runs until April 30. It is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day (except Sundays)…

The Lubrication of Mechanical Handling Equipment

E.G. ELLIS

Although increasingly used the power truck has never completely displaced the hand truck for even in fully mechanised establishments it can still justifiably find a place. The…

Molybdenum Disulphide: Criticisms Answered

C.J.C. Vineall, Alan Taylor

MOLYBDENUM DISULPHIDE has been developed as a commercial lubricant during the last ten years and since it is a material which is quite different in nature from other bodies used…