RUNNING‐IN CHARACTERISTICS OF SLEEVE BEARINGS UNDER CONDITIONS OF THIN FILM LUBRICATION AND THE EFFECT OF MOLYBDENUM DISULPHIDE Available to Purchase

The following are extracts from a paper by A. J. Davies, B.Eng., G.I.Mech.E. (Senior Research Officer, C.S.I.R.O., Division of Tribophysics, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia), presented to The Institution of Mechanical Engineers as a paper for written discussion. It forms the second part of a paper on Sleeve Bearings, and the first part, by A. J. Davies and T. V. Krok, B.Eng. (TecnicoLtd., Marvickville, Sydney), dealt with a machine that has been developed for the investigation of sleeve bearings operating in the transition range between full fluid and boundary lubrication. Copies of these papers are available from The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, S.W.1, and written discussion must be received by them before 3rd March.