...Ankit Kotia; Subrata Kumar Ghosh Purpose The present work aims to numerically investigate the natural convective heat transfer performance of aluminium oxide (Al₂O₃)-gear oil nanolubricant used in heavy earth moving machinery (HEMM). Design/methodology/approach Viscosity...

... that the viscosity is gradually decreasing with time. Initial degradation of oil is faster owing to residual oil left in the casing. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lubricants Machinery Engine oil FTIR Mining Condition monitoring...

...Alessandro Ruggiero; Miroslav Mindas; Lucia Knapcíková Purpose The paper aims to deal with the analysis of tribodiagnostic parameters of oil filter device to investigate the possibility to launch a thorough treatment of non-invasive filtration of oil during the full operation of machinery...

... of the bucket. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Tribology Wear Machinery Mining Excavator bucket Bottom plate Wear is defined as the loss of material from the interface of two bodies when subjected to relative motions under load. At the macroscopic level, wear is simply...

...Ayush Jain; Imbesat Hassan Rizvi; Subrata Kumar Ghosh; P.S. Mukherjee Purpose – Nanofluids exhibit enhanced heat transfer characteristics and are expected to be the future heat transfer fluids particularly the lubricants and transmission fluids used in heavy machinery. For studying the heat...

... Limited 1997 Joints Machinery New product development Magnetic liquids are the key element in a new zero leakage, non‐wearing seal which offers an innovative solution to the problems of harmful emissions from rotating process equipment. The Environmental Protection Agency in the USA...

... operating conditions. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Lubrication Machinery Features Roller chain lubrication Bill Wilson The author Bill Wilson is Editor of Industrial Lubrication and Tribology and a Tribology consultant. Abstract Offers advice on lubricating roller chains which are widely used...