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Tangent Corner / Re: Screw lube
« on: April 03, 2015, 04:50:22 AM »
I really don't know the differences between the various lubricants but here is a bit of reading...
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,20490.0.html
http://www.hiwin.com/pdf/bs/Lubrication/Ballscrew%20Lubrication.pdf
http://www.nskamericas.com/cps/rde/xbcr/na_en/Lubrication_and_Dust_Prevention_of_Ball_Screw.pdf
(A couple of years back I was having problems operating a machine at low temperatures and switched lubricant to Arctic grade jet turbine oil - everything worked beautifully until ambient temperatures started to rise (in the summertime) then I discovered 'stiction'. So lots to learn (at least for me) about the properties engineered into the various, purpose constructed, lubricants).
Tweakie.
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,20490.0.html
http://www.hiwin.com/pdf/bs/Lubrication/Ballscrew%20Lubrication.pdf
http://www.nskamericas.com/cps/rde/xbcr/na_en/Lubrication_and_Dust_Prevention_of_Ball_Screw.pdf
(A couple of years back I was having problems operating a machine at low temperatures and switched lubricant to Arctic grade jet turbine oil - everything worked beautifully until ambient temperatures started to rise (in the summertime) then I discovered 'stiction'. So lots to learn (at least for me) about the properties engineered into the various, purpose constructed, lubricants).
Tweakie.