Subject: Plastic engine parts
From: ACRE NL
Date: 8/29/2001, 1:05 PM

Don Dunbar wrote:

Hi Paul,
Caterpillar did the same and tried plastic pump impellers. They failed with
very low hours of operation. It seams the expansion rate is different and
the impeller cracks with pressure.
Don Dunbar

 
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