Paper call for first 21st century Pump users meeting

Paper call for first 21st century Pump users meeting

Sealing ‘fechnologies, fourth quarrer had increased 5% respecrively. economic reported sales and However, due refining and p$ strong to ...

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Sealing ‘fechnologies, fourth

quarrer

had

increased

5%

respecrively. economic

reported

sales and

However,

due

refining

and p$

strong

to

in several key chemicals,

including

US dollar, sales and profits co last year’s

Contact: Turbomachinery

next year the company

add

hydraulic

a

four-post

shaker

that

road motion

within

extension

will

training

and paper, and a

were down compared

addition, will

2%,

and

slowdown

markets

that

tarnings

additional

simulares

rhc car. The

also

rooms,

servo

comprise

offices

130 people,

and a new enrrance

for

an

to irs corporate

facility.

The

company’s

18%.

yearly

from operations Its operating

USS230

net

increased

income

million

was

compared

to

US$ I98 million in 1997

and

for

14%

1998

increased

approximately

s&s

to

Paper call for first 21st century Pump users meeting

US$I .5 billion. Tubomachinery A&M

Extending corporate headquarters Michigan

International posium

headquarters

Freudenberg-NOK size by the when

a US$5.9

sion The

plan

extension

its

of this year

million

reaches

research

of

will triple

spring

expan-

completion.

will house

a new

development

and

centre.

The

current

building

had

previously

served

as a sales and

marketing

centre,

but lacked

oratory and engineering

lab-

faciliries to

perform advanced product

develop-

ment. However, the consrruction this

55 000

ft2 addition,

of

which

began in July last year, will enable Freudenberg-NOK development, testing

10 have product and

engineering one

under

roof.

The

laboratories

will possess acoustical

equipment

such as engine and full-

chassis

dyanometers

chambers

to

in anechoic

absorb

sound.

In

Sealing associations’ new gasket guide The iation

European

Sealing

Assoc-

and

Fluid

Sealing

Association

the

have released

40 page technical

handbook

Sealing Technology No. 62

has

first call for papers

a new that

Users

and Short which

March

2000

6-9,

its

Sym-

Courses takes

Centre

R in

USA.

Ir recommends

that

authors

of

abstracrs for papers should keep the following

College Station, Texas, 77842-3254,

1316; Fax: +44 171 222 9881

USA.Tel: +l 409 845 2924; Fax: +I 409 845 1835; Email: joanne@turbo-

Airjets suffer low temperature sealing problem

lab.tamu.edu

in mind:

Papers should be towards pump users

directed

Papers relared to operation, scleccion, case srudies and pump maintenance problems are of particular interesr to rhe selection committee All papers/abstracts free of commercialism

Programme of turbomachinery conference

rnusc

The

Institution

Engineers

has

of

has

Mechanical

released

ordered

120

for the 3rd European

Conference

on Turbomachinery

Fluid

Dynamics

dynamics,

and

which

and business

The four day conference

is splir

This

directive,

. . . . . . . .

Inreraccion and aeroelasriciry I &II Radial compressors Radial machines Blade-row interaction and aeroelasricity III Hear transfer and cooling Erosion Among

the

speakers

are a number

at

the

of experts

within rhe field of Turbomachinery.

effective

government

was made

aware

engine

shutdowns,

three

in-flight rhe

after

recent It

rhe of

drop

appears

in rhar

starring the engines in temperarures below

zero can causr

shaft O-ring

rhe starter

seal to leak oil from

the engine’s accessory gearbox. This oil loss can then lead to rhe engine shurring

down.

The affecred Allison 3007A and 3007C engines are in rhe Embracer 145, a commuter Conrinental

aircraft flown by

Express,

American

Eagle and ‘lians States airlines, and the Cessna, a corporate

jet.

The directive stares rhat aircraf? operators chrcka

must when

falls below

conference

oil

comes

temperarures. Turbine aerodynamics I & II Compressors Rorating and srall insrahiliry Design methods Calcularion methods Transition and NIbdenCe I, II & II Steam turhinrb I & II Condensation

a leaking

immrdiarely,

following

of sessions:

with

seal.

Thermo-

is being held in 1999.

. . . . . .

of

jets in

engine tests due to the possibility of problems

-

London between 2 - 5 Mar&

into a number

Association operators

the US to carry out cold weather

the

programme

be

500 word absrracrs co be received by March 22nd, 1939. Inclusion of figures is encouraged. On 25th April 1999 a limited number of authors will be invited to submit full papers for

The Federal Aviation commercial

with place

at the George

Convention

Houston,

Texas

issued

for the 17th

Pump

Exhibits, Brown

The

Laboratory,

University,

Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk,

London, SW1 H 911, UK. Tel: +44 171 973

a cafeteria

quarter. earnings

Mechanical

laboratory,

Texas A&M University Laboratory,

perform

engine

the oil temperature 17°C. The Embracer’s

engine must be run for a 3 minute period and then checked for leaks, while the Cessna’s engine should be

An invited paper is also presented

run at maximum

each day.

for

10

continuous

minutes

before

for leaks.

Any

power being

final considerarion. Final copies of invited papers to be received by 16th August,

Contact: Ed Maycock, Conferences and

failing this cesc will not he allowed

1999.

Events Department

to fly.

provides

information

trial gaskets,

on indus-

to meet current

leg-

islative and economic requirements.

The Usage”

“Guidelines contains

For Safe Seal

checked C557, Institution of

Ir also provides a comprehensive

It is currently

gasket materials

other

available to users,

as well as guidance

on the bolted

information

on

the correct selection, handling

and

procedures,

gaskets, to

precaurions.

It is aimed

mainrenarrcr

prrsonnel,

insrallarion ensure

of indusrrial a

performance the gasker.

safe

and

reliable

over rhe lifetime

of

processing,

guide to the variety of hard and soft

flange

assembly

and safety towards engineers

in a wide range of

including

being

European

and power.

translated

into

languages

for

releasr at a later date.

disassembly

and health

and installers industries

and

petroleum

airplane

the chemical

Contact: Fluid Sealing Association, 994

Old Eagle School Road, Suite 1019, Wayne, PA 19087, USA. Tel: +l 610 971 4850; Fax: +1 610 971 4859; Email: [email protected]

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