Solve Your Design Dilemmas with Nye Specialty Grease
Many think of lubrication as a tool to prevent friction and wear. While true, there are many other ways that grease can improve and protect your design.
Think about the sunglass holder in your car gently opening. The “velvet feel,” virtually silent operation, and effortlessly smooth motion are all the work of a motion control grease.
Designing in a mechanical component to control motion in your design can add extra design time and costs. Nye offers a line of motion control greases that vary in shear resistance to assist engineers in controlling the precise torque and speed of their components. This can be useful in designs where even the slightest rotary motion can cause users to coast past the desired setting.
Noise is often a result of friction between two components. Vibration can come from required clearances at an interface where there is relative motion in parts working together. A film of lubricant prevents two moving surfaces from coming in contact with one another to minimize noise. Preventing noise, vibration, and harshness can improve the quality of your design.
Corrosion is a potential problem wherever moisture or aggressive chemicals are present. Oxidative by-products can become problematic as they introduce a new source of friction within your design and can inhibit electricity. Preventing corrosion improves the reliability of your devices and reduces downtime and associated maintenance costs.
Specialized additives can be added to a grease to help protect components against corrosion. Rust inhibitor additives function by physically adsorbing onto the metal surface, thus blocking the surface of the metal from the effects of water, acids and air. In the presence of chemical corrosion, certain corrosion inhibitors complex with metallic ions at the component surface to protect it from corrosive processes.
The positive correlation between speed and heat can be a perplexing challenge for design engineers tasked with maximizing output. Lubricants reduce heat generated from friction. Greases with special thickeners and good film strength can help protect high-speed applications against wear.
If debris enters a component’s path it can introduce a new source of friction and accelerate wear. Additionally, the introduction of moisture can lead to electrical failures or corrosion. Grease creates an environmental barrier, to keep dirt, dust, and moisture away from the component surface.
The number of electrical connectors and electronic circuits in devices such as cars, planes, appliances, industrial machinery, trucks or boats is continuously growing. Failure of these components, from short circuit to continuity loss, present a major concern as issues can vary from nuisance to increased warranty costs to critical safety problems. The constant exposure to moisture, corrosive environments, and vibration can also accelerate the failure or malfunction of components. Nye Lubricants has a complete line of connector greases formulated specifically to address application requirements for arcing, high temperature, environmental protection, fretting wear, and insertion force.
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