Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Turbulent flow

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A flow situation in which the fluid particles move in a random manner.

Turbine oil

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A top-quality rust- and oxidation-inhibited (R&O) oil that meets the rigid requirements traditionally imposed on steam-turbine lubrication. Quality turbine oils are also distinguished by good ...

Thixotropy

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

That property of a lubricating grease which is manifested by a softening in consistency as a result of shearing followed by a hardening in consistency starting immediately after the shearing is ...

The science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion, including the study of lubrication, friction and wear. Tribological wear is wear that occurs as a result of relative motion at ...

Total base number (TBN)

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The quantity of acid, expressed in terms of the equivalent number of milligrammes of potassium hydroxide that is required to neutralise all basic constituents present in 1 gramme of sample. (ASTM ...

Total acid number (TAN)

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The quantity of base, expressed in milligrammes of potassium hydroxide, that is required to neutralise all acidic constituents present in 1 gramme of sample. (ASTM Designation D 974. ) See Acid ...

Timken ok load

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The heaviest load that a test lubricant will sustain without scoring the test block in the Timken Test procedures, ASTM Methods D 2509 (greases) and D 2782 (oils).