THE demand for improved resistance to fatigue, high temperature and wear of the surface coating of bearings has led the Aero Division of Alvis Ltd. to use silver-plated bearing sleeves in their Leonides Major air-cooled radial engine. This engine powers certain versions of the Westland Whirlwind helicopter.


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    Title :

    Silver-Plated Bearings for Helicopters


    Subtitle :

    A Description of the Process by which the Outside Surfaces of Alvis Leon ides Engine Crankshaft Bearings are Silver Plated by Precious Metal Depositors Ltd. to give High Fatigue Resistance



    Publication date :

    1963-11-01


    Size :

    1 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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