<VV> Dampers vs Dampeners?

[vpersh at netzero.com]

I had a professor in my mechanical engineering program in college (Bob Benzinger) who would call you out, count you down and chew you up if you used the word "damper" when referring to absorbing vibration. A lessi=on that has stuck with me for more than 40 years!!

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From: wblanning at comcast.net
To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Subject: Re: <VV> Dampers vs Dampeners?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:38:29 +0000 (UTC)

There's a lot of companies advertising dampeners on the internet to reduce vibration, so either they are also all wrong or the word dampeners and dampers can be used interchangeably.  How about let's correct IBM's TV ad where they say "data is collected"?  Shouldn't they say "data are collected"?

Wade




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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:22:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: "P.H. Raker" <n556p at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> Convertible Dampeners
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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"Dampeners"?!?!?
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Do they make it wet?!?
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If they are only there to absorb vibration (or damp it), then they are not dampeners but DAMPERS.
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Sorry, that's one of my pet peeve terminology issues.
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End of rant.? Back to early/late discussions.
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Phil Raker
'65 Corsa Cpe - 140/4
'63 Greenbrier - 110/4
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