Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Industrial lubricants

absorbent filter

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A filter medium that holds contaminant by mechanical means.

absorption

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The assimilation of one material into another; in petroleum refining, the use of an absorptive liquid to selectively remove components from a process stream.

absolute filtration rating

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The diameter of the largest hard spherical particle that will pass through a filter under specified test conditions. This is an indication of the largest opening in the filter elements.

absolute pressure

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The sum of atmospheric and gage pressure.

A term used interchangeably with viscosity to distinguish it from either kinematic viscosity or commercial viscosity. Absolute viscosity is the ratio of shear stress to shear rate. It is a fluid's ...

abrasion

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A general wearing away of a surface by constant scratching, usually due to the presence of foreign matter such as dirt, grit, or metallic particles in the lubricant. It may also cause a break down of ...

abrasive wear

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Comes about when hard surface asperities or hard particles that have embedded themselves into a soft surface and plough grooves into the opposing harder surface, e.g., a journal.