Lubrication

Synthetic oils keep packaging lines operational for the long haul.

Dry-running, antifriction precision linear bearings are completely free of organic lubricants,

Tight control helps waterjet cutters slice through just about anything.

Opening up running clearances in sleeve bearings helps prevent seizing when oil runs dry.

Heat and contaminants are the biggest enemies of bearing grease and oil.

Coolants, including soluble oils, semisynthetics, and full synthetics, are available for all applications, as well as cutting oils for machining and Swiss-style automatic screw machines.

Composite journal bearings can operate without external lubrication, even in harsh environments that challenge most conventional types.

Ball-to-ball friction in bearings generates heat, limits the speed, and shortens the life of linear-motion guides.

Automobiles that never need oil changes? ...Severe-hydrocracked lubricating oils could make all this possible --- at about half the cost of synthetic oils.

Waste-Gard II from Fluid Line Products Inc.

A universal cam follower called Hexalube includes a lubrication port in its hexagonal head.

A patented cage design and self-contained lubricant film lasts longer than traditional lubricants in bearings of all kinds.

The bearings from Rex Bearing Div., Rexnord Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., are made of a Teflon-woven fabric supported by a filament-wound fiberglass shell.

The next time you're ready to design a system using rolling-element bearings or replace worn bearings, give some thought to air bearings.