Progress in rolling bearing technology for refrigerant compressors

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 232, Issue 16, 2018, Pages 2948-2961

  Morales Espejel, Guillermo E ^a,b   Wallin, Hans H ^c   Hauleitner, Rudolf ^d   Arvidsson, Magnus ^e  

^a SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c SKF USA Inc   (United States)

^d SKF Product Development Steyr   (Austria)

^e SKF Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bearings; compressors; lubrication; refrigeration; tribology

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPRESSORS; CORROSION FATIGUE; LUBRICATION; MIXTURES; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATION; TRIBOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; PURE REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERANT COMPRESSORS; REFRIGERANT MIXTURES; ROLLING BEARINGS; SURFACE DISTRESS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION; TRIBOLOGICAL MODELS;

ROLLER BEARINGS;

EID: 85043980009     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: 20412983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954406217725772     Document Type: Review

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