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resistance which became zo-30% lower: the
negative effect of the tappet rotation on
pitting has been confirmed on an electrically-
driven engine.
4.2. Seals
A 1Cest Method for Evaluating Gas-turbine.
engine Seal Materials.
P. F. Brown, N. Gordon and W. J, King,
~ubt'ication Eng., zz (I) (1966) 7-16; rg figs.,
7 tables, 3 refs.
The severity of the temperatures, pressures
and speeds encountered by shaft seals in
today‘s turbojet engines has required the
establishment of an experimental rig devel-
opment program to provide the optimum
materials. A test method employing a Part 2A (196566).
statistically-planned experiment approach
has proven capable of reducing the number of
tests needed to screen successfully seal
material combinations. A description of the
old and new test methods is presented and a
comparison made of the ability of each
method to screen materials.
Adiabatic, Laminar Flow in Concentric,
Sleeve Seals.
J. D. McHugh, L&&cation Exg., 22 (I) (1~66)
17-22; 5 figs., 5 refs.
The sleeve real designer is provided with a
rapid method for assessing the effect of
viscous dissipation upon flow, power loss and
fluid temperature rise for laminar flow.
Cermet Face Seals for Inert Gas Environ-
ments.
R. W. Kelly, G. M. Wood and D. V. Manfredi,
lubrication Eng., 22 (2) (1966) 41-99; II figs.,
3 tables, 15 refs.
Cermet face seals operating in inert gas en-
vironments were utilized to effectively seal
the shafts of centrifugal liquid metal pumps
employing conventional oil-lubrication sys-
tems. These seals were used to isolate the
oil-lubricated bearings from the liquid metal
region of the pump and from the ambient air
which cooled the drive motors. Development
problems for these seals were intensified by
the need for liquid metal compatibility and
for maintenance-free operating lifetime in
excess of IO.OOOhours with very low oil and
inert gas leakage rates being permissible.
Successful endurance-evaluation tests of the
cermet-shaft face seals included a test of over
15,000 hours and several other test for periods
up to ro,ooo hours.
Lubrication of Reciprocating Compressor
Seals.
P. Hanlon, Lubrication Eng., 22 (2) (1~66)
50-56; 8 figs., g refs.
Most large compressors built today are
packed at the piston and rod with floating
metallic seals. This paper discusses the
mechanism or theory of the “micro” aspects
of lubrication as well as the practices of
“macro” lubrication of these seal rings.
4.3. Machines
Critical Speed Problems Encountered in the
Design of High-speed Turbomachinery.
R. R. van Nimwegen, SAE Trccns., 73 (1965)
524-536.
For abstract see A#. .Mech. Rev., 19 (2)
(1966) 122.
Recent Developments in the NSU Wankel
Engine.
W. FrGde, (James Clayton Lecture), Inst.
Mech. Engrs., PVOC. Arrtomob. Div., do,
Eight years have passed since the first NSU
Wankel rotary-engine system showed positive
torque on the test bench at Neckarsulm. At
present four different types are in production,
although the production rate is still compara-
tively low. Sixteen companies in Europe,
America and >\sia are participating in the
development, whereby a close and friendly
co-operation is assisting progress.
This paper deals only with the development
at NSU Motorenwerke, Neckarsulm, as the
other licencees naturally do not want to dis-
close their plans before these have reached a
final stage. The size of the rotary engines
under devetopment covers a wide range,
between 3 and 800 h.p. Furthermore, a wide
field of applications is visualized, covering
lawn-mower engines, chain-saw units, auto-
motive engines, stationary engines for all
kinds of purposes and boat drives. The most
attractive type, from a production viewpoint,
is the automotive engine, which, at the same
time, presents the most technical difficulties.
This type of engine requires not only low
production cost but high durability and many
specific features such as regular idling, high
torque at low speed, smooth operation within
the complete load and power field and cold
starting possibility.
NSlJ has concentrated development activities
on two different systems of rotary engines,
namely a series of air-cooled engines and two
types of water-cooled units in which the main
components are identical.
5. WEAR AND WEAR RESISTANCE
5.1. Reviews
Review Papers: Third Lubrication and
Wear Convention, May X965.
PVOC. Inst. Mech. Elzgrs., 179, Part 3J
(1964-65).
F. Hirano, paper IZr, pp. I-Q.
A review of Japanese investigations on
lubrication and wear during the last five
years.
we@?, 9 (1966) 398-409