DIFFERENTIAL STICKING TEST FIXTURE

A test fixture (11) includes a cylindrical main body (27) extending in a longitudinal direction that receives a test piece (77). The cylindrical main body (27) includes a cylindrical screen filter (85) with a mesh surface that extends in a longitudinal axis coincident with an axis of the cylindrical...

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Hauptverfasser: PYE, Richard, YOUNGER, Rae
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:A test fixture (11) includes a cylindrical main body (27) extending in a longitudinal direction that receives a test piece (77). The cylindrical main body (27) includes a cylindrical screen filter (85) with a mesh surface that extends in a longitudinal axis coincident with an axis of the cylindrical main body (27). The mesh surface generates a filter cake when particle-entrained fluid is supplied through the mesh surface and the particulate is retained on the mesh surface. The cylindrical main body (27) also includes an offset shaft (81) that extends in the longitudinal direction along an offset axis that is offset from the axis of the cylindrical main body (27), and the test piece (77) extends through the offset shaft (81) and the interior of the cylindrical screen filter (85). The cylindrical main body (27) further includes a bearing (105) that decouples rotational motion of the offset shaft (81) from the end cap (29). Additionally, the test fixture (11) includes an actuator (23) that dislodges the test piece (77) from the filter cake, a computer that determines the dislodging force, and a reservoir pump (33) that pumps the particle-entrained fluid into the cylindrical screen filter (85). When the alignment wheel (83) is actuated, the offset shaft (81) forces the test piece (77) to move from a first position where a longitudinal axis of the test piece (77) is coincident to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical screen filter (85) to a second position in which the axes are offset. L'invention concerne un appareil de test (11) qui comprend un corps principal cylindrique (27) s'étendant dans une direction longitudinale qui reçoit une éprouvette (77). Le corps principal cylindrique (27) comprend un filtre à tamis cylindrique (85) ayant une surface de maillage qui s'étend selon un axe longitudinal coïncidant avec un axe du corps principal cylindrique (27). La surface de maillage génère un gâteau de filtration lorsqu'un fluide à particules entraînées est amené à travers la surface de maillage et la matière particulaire est retenue sur la surface de maillage. Le corps principal cylindrique (27) comprend également un arbre décalé (81) qui s'étend dans la direction longitudinale le long d'un axe décalé qui est décalé par rapport à l'axe du corps principal cylindrique (27), et l'éprouvette (77) s'étend à travers l'arbre décalé (81) et l'intérieur du filtre à tamis cylindrique (85). Le corps principal cylindrique (27) comprend en outre un palier (105) qui découpl