Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Industrial lubricants

Oxidation inhibitor

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Substance added in small quantities to a petroleum product to increase its oxidation resistance, thereby lengthening its service or storage life; also called anti-oxidant. An oxidation inhibitor may ...

Outside-mounted seal

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A mechanical seal with its seal head mounted outside the seal chamber that holds the fluid to be sealed. Outside seals have the pumped fluid's pressure at their I. D.

Open gear

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A gear that is exposed to the environment, rather than being housed in a protective gear box. Open gears are generally large, heavily loaded, and slow moving. They are found in such applications as ...

Open bubble point (boil point)

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The differential gas pressure at which gas bubbles are profusely emitted from the entire surface of a wetted philtre element under specified test conditions.

Oiliness agent

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

An additive, usually polar in nature, used to improve the lubricity of a mineral oil. Now usually called a boundary lubrication additive.

Oiliness

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

That property of a lubricant that produces low friction under conditions of boundary lubrication. The lower the friction, the greater the oiliness.

Oiler

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A device for once-through lubrication. Three common types of oilers are: drop-feed, wick-feed, and bottle-feed; all depend on gravity to induce a metered flow of oil to the bearing. The drop-feed ...