Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 32 Issue 4

FINE MACHINING AND THERMO‐ELECTRIC WEAR

H. BAGCHI

WHILE machining, a cutting tool undergoes changes in geometrical shape and so‐called concentrated wear takes place in addition to normal wear on the clearance face. This type of…

Vickers conversion units

THE adoption of the Metric system by industry is still progressing only very gradually and during the changeover, machine shops are being required to work in both inches and…

BIG GEAR OPERATION

G.P. WOLLHOFEN

TOOTH flank wear shown by waviness happens when the protective surface oxidation is impaired and the yield point of the metals is exceeded under relatively light loads. Seizure…

Coronet claim cost‐cuts of up to 50 per cent

A recent venture for the W.F. Smallman & Son Limited group of companies of Great Bridge Street, West Bromwich, is Coronet Oil Refineries Limited.

A case for air bearings

P. DONALD BREHM

MODULAR equipment new to the already extensive Rank Taylor Hobson product range are the Talycentric and Talytron roundness and straightness measuring modules. Talycentric rotary…

Seizure resistance of cast aluminium alleys containing dispersed graphite particles of differing sizes

P.K. ROHATGI, C.C. PAI

Seizure resistance of the cast graphite particle‐aluminium composite alloys, containing graphite particles of varying sizes has been studied using a Hohman wear tester. The size…

NOW YOU DON'T EVEN “DO‐IT‐YOURSELF”

AN arc‐welding robot, the ESAB A30A, shown in Fig 1, installed at the Kristinehamn works of Saab‐Scania, in Sweden, has reduced by 40% the time required to produce rear axles for…

PERA TO ADVISE INDUSTRY

TO encourage and assist UK companies to consider using robot equipment, the Mechanical Engineering and Machine Tools Requirements Board is providing finance to enable the…