Grease-lubrication of roller bearings in railway waggons. Part 2: Laboratory tests and selection of proper test methods

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 76-85

  Lundberg, Jan ^a   Berg, Sven ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATION; ROLLER BEARINGS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; WEAR OF MATERIALS; YIELD STRESS;

CONE PENETRATION TEST;

LUBRICATING GREASES;

EID: 0033897232     PISSN: 00368792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00368790010317366     Document Type: Article

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