Michell Pad Apparatus

Michell Pad Apparatus

•    A bench mounted, self contained apparatus to demonstrate the pressure distribution across the film of oil in a Michell tilting pad slider bearing.
•    The bench-mounting unit has an aluminium plate (pad) mounted above a continuous loop flat belt.
•    This creates a pressurised film of oil between the pad and the belt.
•    A set of thirteen graduated tubes show the oil pressure across and along the film under the pad.
•    Micrometers measure the leading and trailing edge positions of the pad.
•    Two eccentric shafts hold the pad so students can adjust the angle of tilt of the pad.
•    This helps students to find the relationship between pressure distribution and film thickness.
•    Included is a variable speed control to control the speed of the motor that turns the belt.  
•    Included with the apparatus is a container of oil and a viscometer to measure the viscosity of the oil.
•    Students vary the belt speed to find the relationship between sliding speed, oil viscosity and pressure distribution.

Michell Pad Apparatus ALTEC Laboratory Equipments and ALTEC Laboratory Instruments Tenders.