Although HI-T-LUBE "synergistic" coatings were used to solve
performance problems troubling critical metal parts on NASA's space vehicles,
engineers worldwide soon recognized them as the solution to "down to
earth" problems encountered by all types of manufacturing, processing, and
packaging equipment.
In application testing for jet engine use, HI-T-LUBE proved its superiority
under the most exacting conditions. In preliminary thrust bearing tests - from
room temperature up to 1000°F (538°C), using an applied load of 1400 pounds
rotating at 720 rpm and reversing direction every three seconds - where
conventional lubricants and combinations of materials failed in less than five
minutes, HI-T-LUBE performed effectively for three hours (thirty-six times
greater effectiveness).
Additional verification of the uniqueness of HI-T-LUBE appears in a report
from an aircraft manufacturer's Engineering Dynamic Analysis Section:
"...Further tests were run with other alloys and other lubricants, however
none could meet the exceedingly high loads and temperatures achieved by the
combination of Haynes Alloy 25 and HI-T LUBE."
Permanence
In addition, the aircraft manufacturer's report stated that: "...when a
second set of Haynes bushings was treated with General Magnaplate's HI-T-LUBE,
the life was even further extended to 849 cycles. However, this proprietary high
temperature dry lubricant was tried on the bushing and also the mating part of
the lever and link into which the bushings were installed, and the life cycles
jumped up to 1302 cycles. This more than met the required life span of the
parts." In another series of tests, HI-T-LUBE coated gears outperformed
untreated gears by up to 15 times under cryogenic conditions.
Torture Test
One of the nation's leading actuator manufacturers applied HI-T-LUBE on critical
component parts of a high temperature ball screw actuator used as a positioning
device for the variable afterburner exhaust nozzle on the J-85 jet engine.
Typical components of the actuator, which demanded an uncompromising lubricant
to operate in a temperature range of -65°F (-54°C) to +840°F (+449°C), were
trunion and gimbal mechanisms, sliding thrust rods, and highly loaded thrust
bearings. Although re-lubrication at 150-hour intervals was permissible on
actual engine tests, more torturous testing proved that HI-T-LUBE coated parts
survived without re-lubrication for up to 485 hours of test life.
Vibration
From the report on a HI-T-LUBE test of an actuator used on a new high
performance jet engine: "...during jittertype cycles, the bearings are
subjected to extreme abuse in that the balls do not complete a revolution over
the bearing race and hence tax the lubricant in localized areas. We have not had
any thrust bearing failures where HI-T-LUBE was used on the actuator
applications, nor was there any reported failure of any other component part
where HI-T-LUBE was used."
It has received special recognition from NASA and the NJ Wing of the Air
Force Association, and is approved under specifications from such companies as
Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed Martin, DuPont, GE, RCA, IBM, Boeing, Fisher
Controls, Marotta Scientific, Perkin Elmer and Princeton University, to name
just a few.
Typical Applications
- Acme thread
- Aerospace and aircraft parts
- Ball joints
- Bearing surfaces
- Chains
- Engines
- Furnaces
- Gears
- Housings
- Impellers
- Nuts, bolts, and screws
- Ovens
- Pistons
- Rings
- Rollers and roller bearings
- Shafts
- Splines
- Tenter frames
- Threads
- Torque measuring devices
...Plus any other sliding or mating metal parts
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