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.

log

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Logarithm (common)

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.

load-carrying capacity

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Property of a lubricant to form a film on the lubricated surface, which resists rupture under given load conditions. Expressed as maximum load the lubricated system can support without failure or ...

journal bearing

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A sliding type of bearing having either rotating or oscillatory motion and in conjunction with which a journal operates. In a full or sleeve type journal bearing, the bearing surface is 360¦ in ...

liquid

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Any substance that flows readily or changes in response to the smallest influence. More generally, any substance in which the force required to produce a deformation depends on the rate of ...