Conclusions
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A gradual increase in the severity of the starting and stopping regimes enables damage of the step bearings after modifications and repairs, to be avoided.
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Monitoring of segment temperatures with thermocouples will disclose the presence of half-dry and dry friction in the transition phases.
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 10, pp. 31–32, October, 1977.
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Kayalin, P.L. Method of running-in hydrogenerator step bearing after repairs. Hydrotechnical Construction 11, 1019–1021 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02378713
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