Industrial machinery

Industrial machinery

Of or pertaining to machines or parts of machines that are used in an industrial setting.

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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.

gearbox

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

proactive maintenance

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A maintenance strategy for stabilizing the reliability of machines or equipment. Its central theme involves directing corrective actions aimed at failure root causes, not active ...