"Keep calm & reduce friction"
The steel-steel friction is the force that opposes the movement of two bodies in mutual contact and made of the same material, with the risk that over time the two components are damaged or even break.
To prevent this, it is very important to interpose a correct and effective lubricant between the two metal bodies, one with a high load capacity, able to withstand high pressures and high temperatures: all fundamental characteristics when it comes to steel-steel friction.
This is because this form of friction derives from almost imperceptible continuous contacts that are created between the surfaces of the two bodies, which over time cause harmful and irreparable deformations: at the same time the energy generated is transformed into an increase in heat or vibrations, leading to the breakage of the components if not protected by a good specific lubricant product.
Which one? It depends on the type of friction!
Steel-steel friction: different types
Historically, the physical origin of the phenomenology of friction traces back to the forces of adhesion or cohesion between interacting materials, which in turn derive from the electrostatic interaction between the materials.
As we have seen, friction is basically a dispersion of energy into heat, with the consequent reduction of movement, which in this case is harmful, but sometimes it is strongly sought, just think of companies that produce tires for cars.
To understand how to prevent and reduce steel-steel friction, however, it is important to understand what kind of friction we are talking about. According to the classical interpretation, in fact, there are 3 main types of friction:
- sliding, it is exerted between the surfaces of solid bodies in contact and is due to their reciprocal sliding;
- rolling, it manifests itself in the motion of a body that moves on top of another, not crawling but usually rolling, thus continuously changing the contact surface;
- viscous, when a body moves within a fluid, be it liquid or gaseous, it is subject to a force of friction due to the interaction with the molecules of the fluid itself.
As can be understood intuitively, the steel-steel friction belongs to the first case, the sliding one, where the friction coefficient depends on the materials of the two surfaces in contact and on the way in which they have been processed.
Steel-steel friction: the Macon solution
To solve the problem of steel-steel friction once and for all, we at Macon have created a specific lubricant for this material and this case, which can be further customized according to your needs.
It is called Maconpaste HP and as can be easily deduced from the name it is a copper and graphite based paste with high anti-wear power, suitable for sliding friction between metal surfaces in conditions of high surface pressures.
A specific product that facilitates the assembly and disassembly of your components in complete safety, ensures the correct assembly of press-fit components, avoiding frequent damage and helps you prevent corrosion and tribo-corrosion.
But there is more!
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