The quality of castings has a particularly role in the Romanian foundries. In this context, quality assurance is the overall objective of the foundries. The paper presents the critical analysis performed on moulding- casting technology of the type Lifting mechanism. This casting is a subset of the lifting and rotating mechanism of the furnace vault...

By A Josan, C Pinca Bretotean, S Raţiu, E Ardelean, M Ardelean

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 brake pads are an important component in the braking system of automotive. Materials used for brake pads should have stable and reliable frictional and wear properties under varying conditions of load, velocity, temperature and high durability. These factors must be satisfied simultaneously which makes it difficult to select effective brake pad...

By A L Crăciun, C Pinca-Bretotean, C Birtok-Băneasă, A Josan

This paper presents the experimental methodology to carry out functional performance tests for an air filter with a particular design of its housing, generically named Super absorbing YXV "Air by Corneliu", patented and homologated by the Romanian Automotive Registry, to which numerous prizes and medals were awarded at national and international in...

By C Birtok-Băneasă, S A Raţiu, V Alexa, A L Crăciun, A Josan, A Budiul-Berghian

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 S Alaci, F C Ciornei, A Ciogole, M C Ciornei

The case study presents a series of partial discharge measurements, reflecting the state of insulation of 110kV CURRENT TRANSFORMERS located in Sibiu county substations. Measurements were performed based on electrical method, using MPD600: an acquisition and analysis toolkit for detecting, recording, and analyzing partial discharges. MPD600 consist...

By C Dan, R Morar

Working methods for on site testing of insulations: Gas chromatography (using the TFGA-P200 chromatographer); Electrical measurements of partial discharge levels using the digital detection, recording, analysis and partial discharge acquisition system, MPD600. First performed, between 2000–2015, were the chromatographic analyses concerning...

By C Dan, R Morar

The paper presents the theoretical foundations of leadership based on the LMX exchange leader- member theory which essentially involves leadership process where a continuous and creative interaction between leaders and followers is at the centre of attention, during which the leader, among other things, affects the degree of mutual trust and organi...

By E Strukan, M Nikolić

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