George Constantinescu

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

His Torque Converter invention for locomotives

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

I originally got onto this chap through the

"THEORY OF WAVE TRANSMISSION
A TREATISE ON TRANSMISSION OF POWER BY VIBRATIONS"

Well he's a pretty smart cookie who appears to have faded into history but he invented the main WW1 interruptor gear for the allies and a rather interesting torque convertor which was adapted for use by Romanian Railways

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enjoy

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

George admitted that the mechanics of his automatic variable transmission, or Torque Converter were not easy to explain because the theory of conventional mechanisms did not apply to this invention. It will be recalled from previous chapters that George used a hydrosonic system to operate the aircraft machine guns and the injector system for Diesel engines. His Torque Converter was a sonomechanical application of his theory on the transmission of power by vibrations where the impulses are transmitted through solids instead of liquids. Power is transmitted from the engine to the output shaft through a system of oscillating levers and inertias1 arranged in such a way as to split the alternating motion derived from a primary crank rotating with uniform angular speed and torque into two components. The first component oscillates a mass or any form of inertia. The second component oscillates a set of mechanical valves. The valves are arranged in pairs out of phase at 180°, so that positive and negative impulses are rectified into a unidirectional torque on the secondary. The angular speed and torque on the secondary varies automatically within wide limits according to the resistance to be overcome and the revolutions of the engine.

[John McNamaraParticipant @johnmcnamara74883]

I guess the Zeromax drive is a close relative I have one from the rag trade days…. They are often used for puller feeds, surprisingly smooth motion.

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Regards
John

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

He made a car, but it looks like GM squashed his patent.

Neil

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Not read any of it yet, been a bit busy but I feel articles like this would make good one page interesting fillers in the mags, toss up for which one, because how many choo choo's and toolposts can you have in each issue ?

It's all about diversity and getting the grey matter working.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

I reckon he could be up there with Newton, Einstein, Tesla, Maxwell etc

Not only could he "see" this new mechanical world which he explains in the first 12 pages

The next 160 pages are dedicated to proving it mathematically

Then he "builds a relativity machine " to prove his theories in the real world

 

I still can't quite get my head around the fact that this is not standard muppet mechanics

move A… and B moves! (as explained by Mr Newton)

George Constantinesco

Edited By Ady1 on 20/04/2014 08:15:04

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