Lubrication of Ball Bearings with Volatile Organic Compounds |
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| Authors: | M. J. Devine E. R. Lamson L. Stallings L. P. Gilmore |
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| Affiliation: | Aeronautical Materials Laboratory , Naval Air Engineering Center , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | A new approach to vapor lubrication describing materials for wide temperature range and long term operation has been established by experiments that use high-speed rolling element bearings as test specimens. Several possibilities for the process of vapor lubrication are projected. In addition the effect of carrier gas composition as well as metal substrate alloying element or cladding component is demonstrated for a variety of volatile organic compounds. The significance of dispersion techniques for the volatile compounds carried by nitrogen gas is shown by experiments conducted for naphthalene. |
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