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Lubrication

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Lubrication is the process or technique of using a lubricant to reduce friction and/or wear in a contact between two surfaces. [1]

23 relations: Automatic lubricator, Bearing (mechanical), Cam, Cutting tool (machining), Dispersion (chemistry), Fluid dynamics, Friction, Gas, Grease (lubricant), Hydrostatics, Liquid, Lubricant, Machine element, Molybdenum disulfide, Oil, Piston, Pump, Reynolds equation, Solid, Tribology, Turbine, Water, Wear.

Automatic lubricator

An automatic lubricator, is a device fitted to a steam engine to supply lubricating oil to the cylinders and, sometimes, the bearings and axle box mountings as well.

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Bearing (mechanical)

A bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion to only the desired motion, and reduces friction between moving parts.

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Cam

A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion.

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Cutting tool (machining)

In the context of machining, a cutting tool or cutter is any tool that is used to remove material from the work piece by means of shear deformation.

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Dispersion (chemistry)

A dispersion is a system in which particles are dispersed in a continuous phase of a different composition (or state).

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Fluid dynamics

In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids - liquids and gases.

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Friction

Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.

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Gas

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).

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Grease (lubricant)

Grease is a semisolid lubricant.

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Hydrostatics

Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at rest.

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Liquid

A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure.

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Lubricant

A lubricant is a substance, usually organic, introduced to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move.

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Machine element

Machine element refers to an elementary component of a machine.

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Molybdenum disulfide

Molybdenum disulfide is an inorganic compound composed of molybdenum and sulfur.

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Oil

An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic (does not mix with water, literally "water fearing") and lipophilic (mixes with other oils, literally "fat loving").

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Piston

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.

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Pump

A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action.

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Reynolds equation

The Reynolds Equation is a partial differential equation governing the pressure distribution of thin viscous fluid films in Lubrication theory.

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Solid

Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being liquid, gas, and plasma).

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Tribology

Tribology is the science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion.

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Turbine

A turbine (from the Latin turbo, a vortex, related to the Greek τύρβη, tyrbē, meaning "turbulence") is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.

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Water

Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.

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Wear

Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubrication

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