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INDUSTRIAL LUBRICANTS
Source: Anand Engineers Pvt Ltd
SACHIN KUMBHAR
R&D Manager BRINGING GEAR OILS TO THE TEST
Anand Engineers Pvt Ltd
sachin.kumbhar@
molygraph.com
An exposition on the importance of gear oils to prevent damage and failure in
gearboxes, the challenges encountered in their use, and the various tests they
must be put through to prove their effectiveness…
JOEL KANDATHIL ear or gearbox is an Gear oil is a lubricating oil used the surface of gears and bear-
R&D Chemist G assembly of mechani- for reducing the friction and ings, thus preventing damage
Anand Engineers Pvt Ltd cal parts like toothed wear of the gear tooth surfac- and failure.
joel@molygraph.com
wheels and shafts used for es in the gearbox. It helps in
transmitting the energy of ro- the dissipation of the heat gen- Challenges in gear
tational motion while altering erated by operating the gear lubrication
the associated parameters like and also in the protection of Typical challenges in the lubri-
speed, the direction of rotation, gear parts against corrosion. cation of gearboxes are quite
and torque. They form a protective layer on different from those of other
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