Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Chemical stability

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The tendency of a substance or mixture to resist chemical change.

Channelling

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The phenomenon observed among gear lubricants and greases when they thicken due to cold weather or other causes, to such an extent that a groove is formed through which the part to be lubricated ...

Centrifugal separator

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A separator that removes immiscible fluid and solid contaminants that have a different specific gravity than the fluid being purified by accelerating the fluid mechanically in a circular path and ...

Centralised lubrication

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A system of lubrication in which a metered amount of lubricant or lubricants for the bearing surfaces of a machine or group of machines are supplied from a central location.

Centistoke (cst)

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A unit of kinematic viscosity. 1 centistoke = 0. 01 stoke.

Cellulose media

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A philtre material made from plant fibers. Because cellulose is a natural material, its fibres are rough in texture and vary in size and shape. Compared to synthetic media, these characteristics ...

Cavitation erosion

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A material-damaging process which occurs as a result of vaporous cavitation. "Cavitation" refers to the occurrence or formation of gas- or vapor- filled pockets in flowing liquids due to the ...