Friction machine

an electrical machine, generating electricity by friction.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Tests were performed on wear and friction machine (TE-70, Phoneix Tribology Ltd, UK) with reciprocating ball-on-plate configuration.

Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Zircaloy-4 and AISI 304 Stainless Steel Material Pair in Water Sliding Conditions

Improving fretting resistance of heavily loaded friction machine parts using a modified polymer composition.

Increase Of Wear And Fretting Resistance Of Mining Machinery Parts With Regular Roughness Patterns

The BAM friction machine swings a weight over the explosive to test its reactions to friction.

Blast zone: the peace of the Derbyshire countryside is regularly disrupted by the work of the HSE's explosives experts

(8.) Plint & Partners, Operating Instructions, Te 77 High Frequency Friction Machine, Wokingham, Berkshire (1995); www.plint.co.uk/trib.htm.

Tribological behavior of pure and graphite-filled polyimides under atmospheric conditions

The dual axis friction machine is able to perform a unidirectional test by cycling around a rectangular loop track a sufficistill number of times to induce abrasion.

New rubber friction testing machine

Moreover, Franklin charged a Leyden jar from the key just as easily as if it were a friction machine. The Leyden jar charged by heavenly electricity behaved precisely as though it had been charged by earthly electricity.

Lightning rod

The interest in static electricity produced by Hauksbee's friction machine (see 1706) began to bring about results.

Electrical conductance

The joint venture will be based at Dudley, which will concentrate on the European market for friction machines.