Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Parallel systems

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Lubrication systems where the dispensing devices are connected to the main line in parallel. Each dispensing device operates independent of any other in the system.

Paraffinic

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A type of petroleum fluid derived from paraffinic crude oil and containing a high proportion of straight chain saturated hydrocarbons. Often susceptible to cold flow problems.

Paraffin

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Any hydrocarbon identified by saturated straight (normal) or branched (iso) carbon chains; also called an alkane. The generalised paraffinic molecule can be symbolised by the formula CnH2n+2. ...

A method which involves placing a drop of fluid on a permeable piece of paper and noting the development and nature of the halos, or rings, surrounding the drop through time. The roots of this test ...

PAO synthetic fluid

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Polyalphaolefins, often called synthetic hydrocarbons, are probably the most common type of synthetic base oil used today. They are moderately priced, provide excellent performance and have few ...

PAG synthetic fluid

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Polyalkaline glycol have excellent oxidative and thermal stability, very high VI, excellent film strength and an extremely low tendency to leave deposits on machine surfaces. The low deposit-forming ...