Maximize Power Tool Performance with Nye Grease
A more powerful tool improves productivity and helps customers meet their bottom line. As tools go cordless and are designed to be smaller and lighter, maximizing performance becomes even more challenging. How can grease improve performance? Specialty grease can prevent common causes for failure and enhance your mechanical design by reducing temperatures and torque and increasing the load carrying ability of tools.
An overheated motor can cause a slew of problems for workers including welded gears, a shorted battery, and melted or warped plastic. Many devices cannot utilize an oil bath to remove heat and wear debris; grease can provide the necessary lubrication to reduce friction and wear, extending the life of the gear box. Again, because lubricants reduce friction, they can also be used to reduce frictional heat.
Caution should be taken however to select a lubricant that can withstand high temperature requirements. A lubricant that cannot withstand high temperatures will oxidize and leave behind several byproducts, such as acids. The acids will attack the metal surface and lead to increased wear and corrosion of the gear.
Design engineers are often tasked with reducing torque in small, high-speed motors. Lubricants reduce starting and running torque by reducing friction between sliding surfaces. Starting torque can be especially troublesome for tools stored in unheated sheds or vehicles overnight. Reducing starting and running torque can also help extend battery life.
Lubricants fortified with extreme pressure additives can help support heavy loads by creating a barrier between connecting surfaces that prevents wear. Synthetic ester greases are particularly suited for preventing heavily loaded metal-on-metal wear.
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