Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 39 Issue 4

AN AIR‐GAP INSULATED PISTON

D.A. PARKER, G.M. DONNISON

The concept of an air‐gap insulated piston has been explored using bolted and welded/roll bonded designs. Pistons with bolted‐on crowns demonstrated the effectiveness of air gap…

A PETTER‐MONSANTO EXERCISE REDUCES TEST COST PROBLEMS

UNTIL the early 1950s the Petters name, as a manufacturer in Staines, Middlesex, of i.e. engines, was associated with medium or small power units designed mainly for the…

MILLERS MAKE IT A MAYTIME PARTY

Bernal Osborne

TO MARK what in their new celebration brochure is colourfully and correctly described as ‘a century of progress’, Millers Oils promoted a series of open day hospitality events…

FAILURE FACTORS

B. TOMKINS

THE Structural Integrity Centre (SIC) had its origins in the 1970s when major integrity issues arose on the UKAEA's plant in service, eg weld cracking in the prototype fast…

PARKER HANNIFIN'S HYDRAULICS RANGE

THE Mobile Hydraulics Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation produces a fully integrated range of hydraulic directional control valves and accessories, with the current range of…

ARMAMENT MEN MARKET SPIN‐OFF TECHNOLOGY

ASPECTS of tribology are seen in the several automotive‐related “good ideas” recently announced by Defence Technology Enterprises Ltd, a new trading division of the Royal Armament…

AGCO‐UNICELL WIN SHELL‐ESSO ORDER

SOME 450 complete factory‐fitted instrument systems destined for Shell/Esso's Eider and Tern fields are being produced by specialist valves manufacturer AGCO Unicell. The order…