Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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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 milligrams of potassium hydroxide that is required to neutralize all basic constituents present in 1 gram of sample. (ASTM ...

total acid number (TAN)

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

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

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).