Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Industrial lubricants

Flow control valve

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A valve whose primary function is to control flow rate.

Floc point

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The temperature at which wax or solids separate in an oil.

Fixed displacement pump

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A pump in which the displacement per cycle cannot be varied.

Fire-resistant fluid

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Lubricant used especially in high-temperature or hazardous hydraulic applications. Three common types of fire-resistant fluids are: (1) water-petroleum oil emulsions, in which the water prevents ...

The physical or mechanical process of separating insoluble particulate matter from a fluid, such as air or liquid, by passing the fluid through a philtre medium that will not allow the particulates ...

Fire resistant fluid

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A fluid difficult to ignite which shows little tendency to propagate flame.

Fire point

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The temperature to which a combustible liquid must be heated so that the released vapour will burn continuously when ignited under specified conditions.