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Friction, baby. Friction.
Update: they're no longer NOS. Just took 'em for a shakedown ride; everything went swimmingly.
65 x 45 cm
4 colors
70 copies
2010
This poster will be for sale during the Friction Fest in Berlin, 7th and 8th of May.
Line up and information here :
Here is a closer view of one of the friction journals on the old bogie trucks. Inside the axle rode on babbet and there was grease loaded below. Lube in the friction bearing leaked crusted drippings whichcan be seen crusted on the wheels. The hinge mechanism inside the lever on the rubber shielded door is pretty heavily spring loaded to keep kiddie fingers from opening them and throwing sand in. If they can open the door. I suggested to Eddie that he open one and test the heat coming off the grease with his hand. There is alway trouble with some peoples' children! E-Gad! The babbet material would be poured into a rectangular mold, the bottom of which allowed a notch for the wheelset axle to ride. That was a process that would be done in local railroad repair shops, all over Colorado and the country, that also had monster lathes that could turn the wheels after enough braking wore flats on the wheels and flanges. Common machine skop work that, Keep em' rolling in order to rip the Colorado miner and farmer for transportation. Chuckle!
These particular bogie trucks should retain some amount of interest being of early origin. The original trucks were called "arch bar" trucks and were assembled from steel stock sections with a lot of labor. These date from a time when they figured out larger metal castings would work better (structurally rigid) than the arch bars. These are of a design that mimics the style of the arch bar trucks (already posted) and even used the old friction axle bearings. I see one of these lids must not be original. Maybe Eddie swiped the original like the steam shovel whistle? The castings are marked as D&RG as well as "RIDE CONTROL." Perhaps, if you compared the ride to the old stage coach. They do say PATD but I don't know if the '81 stamped meant 1881. It could never mean 1981 because there were few friction bearings left in use, replaced by roller bearings. The design of the side frames has changed over the years.
The old friction bearings are what brought us the term "hot boxes." Inside was babbet in which the axle rode. The bottom of the box held rag and lubricant was supposed to transfer lubricant to the exposed bottom of the axle. When low on lubricant or kiddies threw sand in the journal boxes the mechanism would heat up to the point burning lubricant and rag might drip from the boxes and start fires along the rails. You can probably note the grease that has escaped from the axle side of the journal, even coating wheels. Think of the coal a train would use just to haul a string of these around - lighting fires. I have no idea what the status of these trucks is but I remember Adam having choice words for the owner. I suppose he would have yelled at the piles of rust coming from the steam shovel if it were parked over here.
You can see that in the center cast frame cutout the "bolster" rode on springs which also held it in place. One can only wonder were squeaks might possibly come from? More ancient bolsters, that carried the car, were made of oak. One can see the notch in which the bolster is fitted befor the precompressed springs are snapped into place. Seems like a lot of wishful thinking by the car designers! No wonder the whole shebang would come apart in a wreck as the interior stoves spilled their burning coal into wood interiors. A lot of leggo- pick-up-stick-construction if you ask me! Ah, the good ole' days before O.S.H.A.; those days of which the one percenters want to return us as they observe from their private jets.
I returned for a third try at the Valmont area for pictures but got tied up in stories with Adam, director of the Boulder Valley Historical Society but still came away with some snaps. I guess another trek over will have to wait a bit. I need to work on what I already have.
Valmont was on the way to Boulder "City" and the "diggins" in the hills and it outpaced Boulder's growth but became a small agricultural center later on. It was located in the Boulder river valley and had fine bottom land. See Crofutt. Eventually, the Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific, a branch of the UP RR came through and put the stage stop to disuse. Rides into Boulder were 20 cents. Both extensions of the railroad yard are now in disuse and we now get to rely on transportation that is far costlier in per-ton-miles of fuel. That is the snake oil economy some want to get us on. Dare I say it, here is the Valmont Railroad Plant where old junk is "planted."
Baby LTT at Fritton Lake. I broke my lens and I am so annoyed that it wasn't in focus, but it's cute none the less.
Man From Uranus : Amazing Science Friction Vol 1
FRVM59
manfromuranus.bandcamp.com/album/amazing-science-friction...
[EN]
When Man From Uranus shimmies onstage, he announces that he'd probably have preferred to call himself Rockhausen. While this certainly would have saved him from the endless innuendo the name he's stuck with brings, Phil Uranus still cuts an eccentric figure in his Sun Ra t-shirt and scientist-gone-bad-on-experimental-drugs demeanour. No-one could accuse him of not engaging with his audience, and Phil annotates each number with footnotes before tending to his machines with the air of someone who loves and cares for them, but really, really wants to abuse the sounds they can make.
So there are gurgling and droning loops, beats made manifestly unhinged, analogue bass thumps and some hardcore avantgarde interference with the notion of the straightahead four-four rhythm, mostly selected from MFU's new Amazing Science Friction Volume One CD.
No sound is left unstoned, the mood shifting between happy-go-lucky toytown electronica and a scattering of heaving stabs fried enough to bring the electricians in to check the wiring. Phil brings in various boxes of tricks into play in his best electronic rock star manner, twisting them to his midriff and wrenching further sparks from their innards; the best buzzing coming from a Stylophone amped up to eleven and used to strip paint from the walls.
All the time he is obviously enthralled by the malformed sounds the various devices are capabale of having coaxed from them - and anyone still so misguided as to believe that electronic music is dry or devoid of emotion should come and see Man From Uranus some time for a lesson in applied synthesized dementia.
[FR]
Certaines sources affirment que Man From Uranus ne viendrait pas de l’espace mais de Floride. Peu importe les rumeurs, puisque c’est depuis l’excentrique Cambridge (UK) qu’il a composé ses morceaux d’electro-vintage, à l’aide d’une armée de synthétiseurs, oscillateurs ou samplers, son Theremin et ses walkmans à cassettes.
On trouve dans ces pièces bricolées des bouts de Space Jazz , de Krautrock et de Stockhausen, l’energie de Sun Ra, des Stooges ou The Fall, le tout lié par une folie garage communicative. Sans connexion avec la musique électronique contemporaine, ce savant fou concocte dans le secret de son laboratoire des potions sonores au goût unique, The Wire le décrivant même comme un “scientifique dissident au paysage musical immense”.
Depuis 2000, Man From Uranus a tourné avec Felix Kubin, Faust et Pram, et collaboré avec Ann Shenton (Add N to X ) et Broadcast, joué à la Tate Modern de Londres et au Royal College of Art, et accompli une résidence de Thereministe à Glastonbury.
Amazing Science friction vol.1 est la première sortie de son label Outer Music, relayée en France par le label liégeois Freaksville Records. Recueil de morceaux jusque là épars, collaborations avec Broadcast, ou Agaskodo Teliverek, c’est “la musique que ferait un ordinateur surpuissant des années 70 à un bal de promo”.
Man From Uranus a récemment quitté Cambridge pour s’installer à Londres. Il a participé à de nombreuses productions Freaksville, a sorti plusieurs albums sur le label et a réalisé quelques clips pour les Loved Drones, Dragon Noir ou Rockhausen.
[Quotes]
"MFU is a quintessentially English phenomenon - in fact, it's tempting to be more specific and describe him as a quintessentially Cambridge phenomenon. A maverick boffin oblivious to the wider musical landscape, MFU constructs appealingly eccentric snippets of fizzing analogue psychedelia which seems to owe as much to the quirky, Moogtastic sounds of 70s cult TV as they do to groups like Stereolab or Broadcast (who make a couple of guest appearances here). This album anthologises recordings made over the last four years and for the most part it's a volley of brief, breezy and barely-suppressed giggles, complete with comedy titles and whimsical samples. But a couple of tracks suggest greater substance: "New Planet Professor" revels in a soaring, consciousness-expanding keyboard solo which coould have been excised from some mystical Caravan bootleg, while the closing "Space Station 3 On The Shores Of Infinity" stretches out through 12 minutes of cosmic, Radiophonic space"
The Wire
"This rules.... bonkers electronics in a library music styling which I think is gonna appeal to folks who like the Radiophonic Workshop gear as well as Ghost Box shenanigans. It's probably a bit more playful than those folks though..... think of the music a 1970's super computer would be making on an Open University special. It does go a bit spazzed out and fans of Agoskodo Teliverek will recognise a song from their album on here played with MFA. It's a lot of fun though and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Lots of spaceship whirring noises and outer space weirdness pervade this 23 track funstick but as a child brought up on Sapphire & Steel this rules my world. Well recommended!!"
Norman Records
"Faut-il préciser que les amateurs de bizarreries cosmiques, de pétages de plomb semi-contrôlés, d'objets musicaux non identifiés sont cordialement invités à se ruer sur ce disque ?"
Kweb
"Man from Uranus tente rationnellement d’expliquer au monde que l’invasion des toasters géants à déjà débuté. Entre les lignes de code, un seul message: protégez-vous derrière mon Roland, je sauverai le monde"
Gonzai
"L'homme d'Uranus recourt aux synthés vintage, à quelques instruments acoustiques… Le résultat est assez attachant et quelques morceaux très habiles"
RifRaf
"Ces «Amazing Science friction» sonnent comme un cartoon SF, absurde et intemporel"
Hinu
"Amazing science friction rassemble ainsi 23 morceaux tour à tour azimutés, intrigants, croquignolets et insupportables. Prêt pour le décollage ?"
Le Focus-Vif
"Dans le monde du rock Colgate où les disques ne se vendent plus, où les groupies crient plus fort que le chanteur, Man From Uranus fait tache: il est moche, talentueux et hors des modes. Le petit prince du synthe(xupery) est définitivement l'homme à abattre"
Technikart
FSW is a solid-state joining process that creates high-quality, high-strength joints with low distortion and is capable of fabricating either butt or lap joints, in a wide range of materials thickness and lengths.
In the process a rotating FSW tool is plunged between two clamped plates. The frictional heat causes a plasticised zone to form around the tool. The rotating tool moves along the joint line. A consolidated solid-phase joint is formed.
FSW being a solid state process eliminates many of the defects associated with fusion welding techniques such a shrinkage, solidification cracking and porosity.
For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...
If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".
Shot during the 2011 DBTH v4 Electro Festival in Valbonne, France
More info :
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Organised by Association Phosphene
OK so this video thing might be quite fun.
I spent a bit of time this morning making two short films from my 365 shots.
This is the first one, and its every shot from my day 38 - Plup Friction.
I was going to make a new movie, but i couldn't think what to do, then i remembered that i already had lots of shots with the outtakes of some 365s.
i'm still getting used to the basic microsoft video editing thing, and finding it frustrating, but fun as well. and i think i made this one too fast.
hope you like it.
please see the other video as well.
Series of images depicting front, back, and close-up view of a vintage, unsused automotive clutch disc showing visible protrusions of asbestos fibers throughout the material matrix. Brass wire is also integrated within this particular product; measuring approx. 6-in. I.D. x 10-in. O.D. x 2-in. W.
Such friction materials are repeatedly subjected to high heat and abrasion forces, gradually wearing away, leaving behind asbestos-containing dust and potential exposure for untold numbers of automotive mechanics and service technicians.
Forces & Motion Lapbook
Blogged at Preparation Education: Forces & Motion Lapbook Based on the Noeo Physics 1 Noeo Physics 1 first unit
(Image 3 of 7) The following group of images shows various stages of space shuttle external tank assembly at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Previously, the liquid hydrogen tank barrels were fabricated using traditional fusion welding. Friction stir welding is different in that the materials are not melted. A friction stir weld tack tool is used to tack weld barrel panels together prior to the full penetration weld. A rotating tool pin uses friction and applied pressure to plasticize the metal and join the 20-foot longitudinal panels together. As a result, weld joints are more efficient, yielding 80 percent of base material strength.
Image credit: Lockheed Martin
4 wheeled CCT. White "text squiggles" are place holders for stickers yet to be made
Link to proto www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=...
Forces & Motion Lapbook
Blogged at Preparation Education: Forces & Motion Lapbook Based on the Noeo Physics 1 Noeo Physics 1 first unit
Friction strong between a defender Al Arabi, wounding defender Abdul Aziz Fadhel in head
match between AlKuwait SC 0 X AlArabi 1
in Kuwait Super Cup 2008
TWI is at the forefront of solid phase friction welding and processing technology. Active and innovative in welding research and development since the 1960s, we are responsive to industry needs and provide consultancy services to all industry sectors.
Support for industry includes: advice on component design, process selection & quality issues, troubleshooting, feasibility & pre-production trials, application & prototype equipment development.
TWI has been responsible for many key innovations and developments in solid phase joining; Friction stir welding was invented at TWI and was rapidly applied by industry; Linear friction welding was developed into a mature joining process for turbine blades.
For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...
If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".
Forces & Motion Lapbook
Blogged at Preparation Education: Forces & Motion Lapbook Based on the Noeo Physics 1 Noeo Physics 1 first unit
Here are the two equations for friction. There's a difference between "kinetic friction," which is when the two surfaces are skidding, and "static friction, when the two surfaces are at rest relative to each other. Kinetic friction is usually less than static friction, because when the surfaces are sliding past each other they're less likely to form strong interactions than when they're at rest relative to each other.
Nutty Mad plastic friction go cart.
This toy is the only one of this type of Marx Nutty Mad I have seen in the flesh. I bought it so many years ago I have lost track of who I bought it from. I hunted one down on the internet that was in the same condition so I can not tell what is missing or how it should look. If you have one or better yet a box, I would LOVE to hear from you and see more photo's.
Five years ago a group of engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., had the bold idea to manufacture a five-meter diameter fuel tank entirely out of aluminum lithium 2195 alloy, using advanced manufacturing methods that included friction stir welded joints and single-piece spun formed domes.
Why is this idea such a manufacturing advancement in how tank domes are produced today? This technology incorporates lighter weight material, significantly reduces the number of pieces needed to create a tank dome, eliminates numerous complex welding, machining and inspection steps and can be used on any large liquid propellant tank with greater reliability and lower costs.
To manufacture a typical dome using aluminum alloy 2219 requires eight gore panels, or pie shaped pieces, 10 welding steps, and multiple operations and inspections to assemble these pieces into a full-scale tank dome. The new manufacturing method takes two commercial off-the-shelf aluminum lithium 2195 plates that are joined using friction stir welding to produce a sufficiently large starting blank. The welded plate blank is then spun formed to create the single-piece tank dome.
This novel manufacturing approach also allows engineers and technicians to use the lighter-weight, higher-strength alloy aluminum lithium 2195 compared to current tank designs that use the heavier, lower-strength aluminum 2219 alloy. This could reduce the weight of future liquid propellant tank domes by 25 percent, both through the material replacement and the reduction in the number of welds.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Langley Research Center partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and MT Aerospace in Augsburg, Germany, to push the envelope in dome manufacturing by making use of existing commercial materials and cutting edge technology. This international partnership demonstrates the agency's desire to tap into rich sources of innovation to help address technical challenges that will mutually benefit NASA and next-generation space exploration.
Engineers at Langley and Marshall are currently evaluating samples of the successfully manufactured tank dome to ensure the strength and reliability of these novel tank forming processes. Each step brings them closer to their vision of creating an entire tank out of 2195 aluminum lithium.
One additional full-scale development tank dome is scheduled for manufacture and testing in the coming months as part of the joint, four-year technology demonstration program.
NASA has invested in the Friction Stir Weld Spun Form Dome Project since 2005.
Image credit: MT Aerospace
This is the first version of my x-wing model to actually have enough friction to shake with out the wings shifting. Far more swooshable now
Was walking without my Nikon so I had to shoot with my iPhone 4. Light conditions were very poor. That is why quality is so low…
;o(
In dermatology, an abrasion is a wound caused by superficial damage to the skin, no deeper than the epidermis. It is less severe than a laceration, and bleeding, if present, is minimal. Mild abrasions, also known as grazes or scrapes, do not scar or bleed, but deep abrasions may lead to the formation of scar tissue. A more traumatic abrasion that removes all layers of skin is called an avulsion.
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Campagnolo friction shift levers with homemade index system. A few nuts and bolts are missing from the fabricated guide, but there are stops for 6 speeds.
A welding technician at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center observes a weld on the Robotic Weld Tool. This weld was “practice” for Ares I Upper Stage gore-to-gore welding.
Image credit: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given
Friction stir welding requires no blowtorches and no solder -- it literally "stirs" materials together at a molecular level using friction. Learn why this matters in YOUR life:
www.nasa.gov/topics/nasalife/friction_stir.html
p.s. You can see all of the Ares photos in the Ares Group in Flickr at: www.flickr.com/groups/ares/ We'd love to have you as a member!
This photo shows a friction stir weld being performed on the new Vertical Weld Tool at the Marshall Space flight center. The Vertical Weld Tool is capable of assembling tank barrel sections up to 40-feet in diameter and 25-feet long, and will be used to assemble full-scale Ares I developmental hardware.
Image credit: NASA/MSFC/D. Stoffer
Friction stir welding requires no blowtorches and no solder -- it literally "stirs" materials together at a molecular level using friction. Learn why this matters in YOUR life:
www.nasa.gov/topics/nasalife/friction_stir.html
p.s. You can see all of the Ares photos in the Ares Group in Flickr at: www.flickr.com/groups/ares/ We'd love to have you as a member!