Lubricants, 8. Lubricating Greases

Wilfried Dresel

Wilfried Dresel

Fuchs Petrolub AG, Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany

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Rolf-Peter Heckler

Rolf-Peter Heckler

Fuchs Petrolub AG, Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany

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First published: 15 October 2011

Abstract

The article contains sections titled:

1.

Introduction

2.

Components of Greases

2.1.

Thickeners

2.1.1.

Simple Soaps

2.1.2.

Complex Soaps

2.2.

Other Ionic Organic Thickeners

2.3.

Nonionic Organic Thickeners

2.4.

Inorganic Thickeners

2.5.

Miscellaneous Thickeners

2.6.

Temporarily Thickened Fluids

3.

Base Oils

3.1.

Mineral Oils

3.2.

Synthetic Base Oils

4.

Grease Structure

5.

Additives

6.

Manufacture of Greases

6.1.

Metal Soap-Based Greases

6.2.

Oligourea Greases

6.3.

Gel Greases

7.

Grease Rheology

8.

Performance

8.1.

Test Methods

8.2.

Analytical Methods

9.

Applications

9.1.

Roller Bearings

9.2.

Cars, Trucks, Construction Vehicles

9.3.

Steel Mills

9.4.

Mining

9.5.

Railroad, Railway

9.6.

Gears

9.7.

Food-Grade Applications

9.8.

Textile Machines

9.9.

Applications with Polymeric Materials

10.

Ecology and the Environment

11.

Grease Tribology

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