Steel rolling mills implement the use of a lubrication system to lubricate the machinery. These systems consist of a large holding tank containing baffles and heaters causing sufficient de-aeration of the oil as it circulates through the tank. A one-fifth scaled model test tank is used to represent an actual tank. The test tank is used to analyze the different properties and performances of a variety of oils. There is concern that the test tank does not accurately represent an actual tank thus making the data collected from the test tank invalid. The purpose of this project is to analyze the current test tank to determine how accurately the one-fifth scaled test tank represents a real tank. The conclusion of the test tank analysis will verify that the data collected using the test tank accurately represents the real tank. This project was completed in conjunction with the Morgan Construction Company.

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Creator

• Gebhardt, Karl Joseph.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05C014M

Advisor

• Savilonis, Brian James

Year

• 2005

Sponsor

• Morgan Construction Company

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright