Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Industrial lubricants

Lubrication

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The control of friction and wear by the introduction of a friction-reducing film between moving surfaces in contact. The lubricant used can be a fluid, solid, or plastic substance.

Lubricant

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Any substance interposed between two surfaces in relative motion for the purpose of reducing the friction and/or the wear between them.

Load-wear index (LWI)

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Measure of the relative ability of a lubricant to prevent wear under applied loads; it is calculated from data obtained from the Four Ball EP Method. Formerly called mean Hertz load.

Motor bearing

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A bearing which supports the crankshaft in an internal-combustion engine. It is a support or guide by means of which a moving part is positioned with respect to the other parts of a mechanism.

Motor

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A device which converts fluid power into mechanical force and motion. It usually provides rotary mechanical motion.

A black, lustrous powder (MoS2) that serves as a dry-film lubricant in certain high-temperature and high-vacuum applications. It is also used in the form of pastes to prevent scoring when assembling ...