Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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Industrial lubricants

circulating oil

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A lubrication system wherein the oil pump runs continuously and circulates oil to the friction points on a continuous basis. The oil is drained back to tank, filtered, cooled as required and reused.

circulating header system

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A lubrication system having isolated lube zones wherein the lube pump runs continuously and circulates oil through the header, a return filter and back to tank during the idle period. When ...

An analytical technique whereby a complex substance is adsorbed on a solid or liquid substrate and progressively eluted by a flow of a substance (the eluant) in which the components of the substance ...

catastrophic failure

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Sudden, unexpected failure of a machine resulting in considerable cost and downtime.

caustic

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A highly alkaline substance such as sodium hydroxide.

cavitation

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Formation of an air or vapor pocket (or bubble) due to lowering of pressure in a liquid, often as a result of a solid body, such as a propeller or piston, moving through the liquid; also, the pitting ...

chlorinated wax

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Certain solid hydrocarbons treated with chlorine gas to form straight-chain hydrocarbons with a relatively high chlorine component. Chlorinated waxes are used primarily as polyvinyl chloride ...