This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Understanding lubrication failures at the shoe/swashplate contact of automotive swashplate compressors will greatly enhance the reliability of ...

Specifying the right lubricants for bearings can be confusing. After all, many types of lubricants exist, and application-specific factors can range from the bearing’s relative positioning of the ...

Even though oil and water are traditionally immiscible, certain mechanical environments can cause oil and water to mix. As far as this goes for the automotive and industrial machinery systems, this is ...

This is the third and final report in a series, Selecting, Configuring and Lubricating Tapered Roller Bearings for High-Speed Machine Tool Spindles. The first installment is Selecting Tapered Roller ...

Two contractors are swapping stories. The first one says, “The cable got stuck in the middle of a long pull under concrete. Then it broke when we tried to pull it back out.” The other contractor ...