Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Industrial lubricants

Fatigue chunks

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Thick three-dimensional particles exceeding 50 microns indicating severe wear of gear teeth.

Fat

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

An animal or vegetable oil which will combine with an alkali to saponify and form a soap.

A device that prevents leakage of fluids along rotating shafts. Sealing is accomplished by a stationary primary seal ring bearing against the face of a mating ring mounted on a shaft. Axial pressure ...

Foaming

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A frothy mixture of air and a petroleum product (e.g., lubricant, fuel oil) that can reduce the effectiveness of the product, and cause sluggish hydraulic operation, air binding of oil pumps, and ...

Foam inhibitor

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A substance introduced in a very small proportion to a lubricant or a coolant to prevent the formation of foam due to aeration of the liquid, and to accelerate the dissipation of any foam that may ...

Foam

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

An agglomeration of gas bubbles separated from each other by a thin liquid film which is observed as a persistent phenomenon on the surface of a liquid.