Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

Industry: Industrial machinery

Add a new term

Contributors in Industrial lubricants

Become a Contributors

Industrial lubricants

Shear stress

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Frictional force overcome in sliding one "layer" of fluid along another, as in any fluid flow. The shear stress of a petroleum oil or other Newtonian fluid at a given temperature varies directly with ...

Shear rate

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Rate at which adjacent layers of fluid move with respect to each other, usually expressed as reciprocal seconds.

Severe sliding

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Large ferrous particles which are produced by sliding contacts. Trend is important to determine whether abnormal wear is taking place.

Settling tank

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A tank in which liquid is stored until particles suspended in the liquid sink to the bottom.

Servovalve

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A valve which modulates output as a function of an input command.

Semisolid

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Any substance having the attributes of both a solid and a liquid. Similar to semiliquid but being more closely related to a solid than a liquid. More generally, any substance in which the force ...

Sealed motor bearing

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

These bearings have rubbing seals that seal against recesses in the inner ring shoulder. They are lubricated for life. Under extreme conditions, their life can be short.