Evaluation of perfluorinated polyalkylether grease rheology on disk drive bearing performance

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Prater, Walter ^a   Burns, John ^a   Stone, Garvin ^a   Ting, Tom ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYETHERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ACTUATOR BEARINGS; PERFLUORINATED POLYALKYLETHER (PFPE) OILS; TRACK MISREGISTRATION (TMR);

LUBRICATING GREASES;

BEARING; GREASE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0031751966     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2834182     Document Type: Article

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