Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1932, Page 35

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, St DER 16, 1932. — == AUTO ENGINEERS “ALWAYS INAGTON Pespite Restricted Consumer |- Demand Research Labora- { tories Are Active. e the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 16.—The auto- ‘moumnln mission work in Virginia will | obile industry may have its lean pe- lods because of restricted consumer de- and, but the research laboratories find ttle time for a suspension of activity. ver since the first automobile was uilt the engineer had been trying to | prove it. The men who design the present-day utomobile will point to the differing haracteristics of today’s motor car and ose of the vehicle of 20 and 25 years 0 as testimony of their success in im- roving the car. Yet tney look upon e early day vehicle with a great deal f respect. | Amusement to Visitors. To the visitors at the annual auto- nobile shows the light-wheeled, chain- riven, tiller-steered horseless carriage f 1900 brings a lot of amusement. but ot to the automobile engineer. To him 8t brings a realization of the great ob- tacles that had to be overcome by the ;lnnri‘r builders. In a sense, the present day automo- Pile engineer is trying to do by skill one thing that the early day builder did by orce of necessity. He is trying to build n automobile as perfect as present nowledge will permit witn as few parts s possible. i There are many reasons why the au- motive engineer wants to eliminate he built-on parts of the present models, ut probably the most important of em is a desire to reduce the weight of he car and the “drag” on the rated orsepower of the vehicle. ] Every Part Considered. In the research in this direction very part of the car that moves has een coming in for more than routine ttention. A case in point is the fan nd its assembly. Any motorist whose n bearings have run dry knows by xperience what a drag It places upon is motor. In the case of dry bearings, ne noise and vibration have told the otorist more emphatically than nu- erous printed pamphlets how depend- nt cne part of the vehicle is upon the ther. The engineers, however, have been E erimenting with fan and pump shaft | eds; with varied spacing of fan des, and with radiator core construc- on in an effort to get maximum cool- turn, implies wear, which also means “drag.” Thus the “absolutely” silent car is something more than just a whim with the automotive engineers. If the really | noiseless car can be produced, they say. they will have progressed to the point | where friction and wear have been | largely eliminated The automotive engineer doesn’t really expect ever to produce an abso- lutely noiseless automobile, but each vear he expects to find some new source of friction and wear that can be reme- died to further reduce the noise of the modern motor vehicle. Movies of Missions to Be Shown. WARRENTON, Va., September 16 (Special).—Moving pictures illustrating oe shown in St. James’ Parish Hall Monday afternoon at L STREET AT 7 FREE g oualities at minimum expenditure f the engine's horsepower. The fan assembly, of course, is mere- | v an example. Throughout the car. | rom wheel bearings to transmission nd differential assemblies, the same| crutiny is being applied by engineers | obtain the maximum efficiency from e motor assembly by the elimination f all unnecessary “point load” or drag. | Eliminating Drag. " The elimination of noise and the re- gurnon of weight are closely related vith the effort to eliminate drag at very point of moving contact. Excess eight, some of the engineers hold, ntributes to the waste of engine pow- Noise, they say. in so far as it rises from moving parts of the vehicle, | dicates a lack of proper adjustment or elation of these parts. 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