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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