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Left to right: John Jarbeau, Mason Wood, Kaylyn Houston, Patrick Drew, Nathan Pereira
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Capstone Project: Ultra-High Vacuum Angular Contact Bearing Test Rig
Development of an Ultra-High angular contact bearing test rig
Team
Mason Wood (Team Leader), Patrick Drew, Kaylyn Houston, John Jarbeau, Nathan Pereira
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Afsoon Amirzadeh
Project Description
Development of an Ultra-High angular contact bearing test rig which will be utilized to measure the operating life of various aerospace lubricants while under space conditions. The chamber will be a vacuum chamber. It characteristics of lubricants will be studied in vacuum condition. A test rig with data logging system has to be developed.
Customer
Nye Lubricants