A major objective of tribological researches is characterisation of rolling friction, due to various cases encountered in classical engineering applications, like gear transmissions and cam mechanisms or more recent examples met in bioengineering and biomedical devices. A characteristic of these examples consists in reduced dimensions of the contac...

By F C Ciornei, S Alaci, V I Ciogole, M C Ciornei

In this paper we present a technological problem encountered in the machining accuracy of the parts for aerospace made of aluminum alloy extruded profile with length up to 10 meters. Those parts have very tight tolerances and on milling process appear several factors that influence the repeatability of machining processes. Several factors must be c...

By Ș A Moldovan, M Cosma, V Năsui

The technical state of the contact line and also the additional equipment in electric rail transport is very important for realizing the repairing and maintenance of the contact line. During its functioning, the pantograph motion must stay in standard limits. Present paper proposes a LabVIEW application which is able to track in real time the motio...

By R Rob, G O Tirian, M Panoiu

The braking system is one of the most important and complex subsystems of railway vehicles, especially when it comes for safety. Therefore, installing efficient safe brakes on the modern railway vehicles is essential. Nowadays is devoted attention to solving problems connected with using high performance brake materials and its impact on thermal an...

By I Kiss, V G Cioată, V Alexa, S A Raţiu

There have been analyzed reasons of the loss of technical education's popularity. Also, the analysis of known educational and production methods, oriented at the innovative model of development of society, was performed. It is stated that the acquisition of 21st century's skills as a result of competition of technical education are natural for the ...

By L Y Shkitsa, V G Panchuk, V A Kornuta

Shafts of electric locomotives are exposed to complex normal and tangential stresses during its exploitation. These stresses could have extremely high level producing the breakage of the shaft. It is well known that shafts have much longer service life than wheels. However, since the stresses in shaft’s material are high, it is possible to mi...

By M Todic, V Golubovic-Bugarski

The paper presents a comparative analysis between experimental results and modelling in order to interpret the value of the contact pressure on the asymmetric longitudinal rolling. It is also intended action and the different behaviour of upper cylinder compared to the lower cylinder action in situations when both are driven, or only one operates. ...

By V Alexa, S A Ratiu, I Kiss, V G Cioata

Allelopathy is a process still little studied in the plant world, if we refer to the diversity of biochemical compounds, through which plants can interact with each other, with fungi or bacteria. Biochemical "dialogue" between organisms may have stimulatory or inhibitory effects, contributing to numerical setting of the populations, the assertion o...

By M Marian, Z Voşgan, O Mare Roşca, L Mihalescu

With increasing automation, many work processes become more and more complex. Most technical products can no longer be developed and manufactured by a single department. They are often the product of different divisions and require cooperation from different specialist areas. For example, in the Western world, a simple coffee maker is no longer so ...

By C K Jalba, A Muminovic, S Epple, C Barz, V Nasui

The manufacturing of PEMFC stacks (POLYMER ELEKTROLYT MEMBRAN Fuel Cell) is nowadays still done by hand. Over hundreds of identical single components have to be placed accurate together for the construction of a fuel cell stack. Beside logistic problems, higher total costs and disadvantages in weight the high number of components produce a higher s...

By C K Jalba, A Muminovic, C Barz, V Nasui