Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Industrial lubricants

Hydraulic fluid

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Fluid serving as the power transmission medium in a hydraulic system. The most commonly used fluids are petroleum oils, synthetic lubricants, oil-water emulsions, and water-glycol mixtures. The ...

Grease

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A lubricant composed of an oil or oils thickened with a soap, soaps or other thickener to a semisolid or solid consistency.

Graphite

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A crystalline form of carbon having a laminar structure, which is used as a lubricant. It may be of natural or synthetic origin.

Generated contaminant

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Caused by a deterioration of critical wetted surfaces and materials or by a breakdown of the fluid itself.

A casing for gear sets that transmit power from one rotating shaft to another. A gear box has a number of functions: it is precisely bored to control gear and shaft alignment, it contains the gear ...

Gear oil

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A high-quality oil with good oxidation stability, load-carrying capacity, rust protection, and resistance to foaming, for service in gear housings and enclosed chain drives. Specially formulated ...

Gear

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A machine part which transmits motion and force by means of successively engaging projections, called teeth. The smaller gear of a pair is called the pinion; the larger, the gear. When the pinion is ...