Hi, I'm after a bit of assistance with a calculation for a wind turbine generator bearing. I have performed the calculation by hand for other plant before, but obviously the wind turbine operates at a constantly varying RPM, and despite contacting SKF and searching every handbook and engineering...
Obviously unaware of the more blatant forms of trade blasphemy, my management team have seen fit to let me (a mechanical engineer) loose within a HV switching role. A recent promotion has left me as an area supervisor whereby any mechanical/electrical bias is basically disposed of and this role...
As a quick overview, we're commonly finding that our alternator bearings (6334, so a 170mm ID) have rust on the journal underneath the inner races when removed. The alternators are in a plant room and not exposed to any rain. Has anyone experienced something similar before?
The grease system...
I'm currently researching a succession of bearing failures as part of a work-related project and I was told that the current theory is based around austenitization (austenitisation, for the UK?) of the bearing material. However, after some Googling and looking through a few of my engineering...
I'm currently researching a succession of bearing failures as part of a work-related project and I was told that the current theory is based around austenitization (austenitisation, for the UK?) of the bearing material. However, after some Googling and looking through a few of my engineering...
Would heating up a cap-head until it is cherry-red and then letting it cool to room temperature reduce the hardness?
We were attending a breakdown up high on a crane the other day and found ourselves having to drill out a sheared caphead bolt (I'm a maintenance fitter currently doing my BEng...
