Abstract: A thrust washer for an internal combustion engine may include a body. The body may have a slip surface and a planar contact surface associated with an engine block. The slip surface may have a surface profile the may include at least one ramp section, at least one flat horizontal section, and at least one oil channel. The at least one ramp section and the at least one flat horizontal section may be connected via an asymptotic curve. The at least one ramp section may extend asymptotically toward the at least one flat horizontal section. The at least one ramp section may have an angular length of 45° or less, the at least one flat horizontal section may have an angular length of 45° or less, and the at least one oil channel may have an angular length of 20° or less.

Abstract: A thrust washer for an internal combustion engine may include a body. The body may have a slip surface and a planar contact surface associated with an engine block. The slip surface may have a surface profile the may include at least one ramp section, at least one flat horizontal section, and at least one oil channel. The at least one ramp section and the at least one flat horizontal section may be connected via an asymptotic curve. The at least one ramp section may extend asymptotically toward the at least one flat horizontal section. The at least one ramp section may have an angular length of 45° or less, the at least one flat horizontal section may have an angular length of 45° or less, and the at least one oil channel may have an angular length of 20° or less.

Abstract: A process for printing on a continuous strip of flexible film and a strip of decorative flexible film, such as a plastic film used in the formation of adhesive bandages, comprising the steps of: passing continuously and progressively the continuous strip through a plurality of ink and/or varnish printing stations, which are arranged in series and intercalated by drying stations, each of the printing stations printing, with solvent or water based ink and/or varnish, along the width of an upper face of the continuous strip, a plurality of predetermined respective image portions; passing continuously and progressively the continuous strip through a varnishing station, in order to cover the upper face of the continuous strip and the image portions printed thereon with a photopolymerizable varnish layer; passing the varnished continuous strip through a photopolymerization station, in which the varnish is photopolymerized preferably by ultraviolet (UV) radiation; and conducting the continuous strip to a subsequent