Abstract: A process for detecting oil or lubricant contamination in the production of an article by adding a Stokes-shifting taggant to an oil or lubricant of a machine utilized to produce the article or a component thereof, irradiating the articles produced with a first wavelength of radiation, and monitoring the articles for emission of radiation at a second wavelength. The taggant can be in the form of a composition containing a Stokes-shifting taggant, which absorbs radiation at a first wavelength and emits radiation at a second wavelength, different from said first wavelength, dissolved or dispersed in an oil or lubricant.

Abstract: Compositions include ether ester compounds derived from neo-alcohols, lubricating oil base stocks containing such ester compounds, and lubricating oil compositions containing such ester compounds. Methods can include making and formulating compositions containing ether ester compounds derived from neo-alcohols.

Abstract: A compressor system includes a compressor including a compressor inlet, a compressor outlet, and a bearing assembly, the compressor configured to compress a heat transfer fluid. An additive dispenser is fluidly coupled to the compressor upstream of the bearing assembly. The additive dispenser is configured to controllably release a volume of an additive material into the heat transfer fluid, the additive material configured to lubricate the bearing assembly. A method of lubricating a bearing assembly of compressor includes locating a volume of additive material at an additive dispenser fluidly coupled to a compressor, dispensing a portion of the additive material into the flow of heat transfer fluid at a selected time, flowing the heat transfer fluid containing the additive material to a bearing assembly of the compressor, and lubricating the bearing assembly of the compressor with the additive material.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a porous carbon material, containing a step of subjecting a mixture containing inorganic carbide particles and inorganic oxide particles to a heat treatment under a chlorine gas atmosphere.

Abstract: A heat transfer system is disclosed that includes a circulation loop of a heat transfer fluid that comprises a halocarbon. The circulation loop includes a compressor or pump that includes bearing rolling surfaces in contact with the heat transfer fluid. The bearing contact surface has a substrate a layer thereon that includes a polymer or oligomer having polar side groups and a tribofilm.

Abstract: A medical tube in which an intermediate layer composed of a composition containing (a), (b), and (c1) listed below and a lubricant layer composed of a composition containing (a), (b), and (c2) listed below are sequentially laminated on a surface of an insertion member to be inserted into a living body: (a) 1 to 35 weight % of at least one of aromatic diisocyanate, aliphatic diisocyanate, and alicyclic diisocyanate; (b) 1 to 35 weight % of trifunctional or higher functionality polyol; (c1) 30 to 98 weight % of polyalkylene glycol and/or monomethoxypolyalkylene glycol; and (c2) 30 to 98 weight % of polyalkylene glycol (including polyalkylene glycol larger in weight-average molecular weight than polyalkylene glycol in (c1)) and/or monomethoxypolyalkylene glycol (including monomethoxypolyalkylene glycol larger in weight-average molecular weight than monomethoxypolyalkylene glycol in (c1)), (where each of the glycols in (c1) and (c2) is diol).

Abstract: Lubricant composition formulations comprising at least one biodegradable plastic, such as polyhydroxyalkanoate and/or polybutylene succinate, and at least one lubricant, such as a vegetable oil.

Abstract: A medical device includes a base layer, and a lubrication layer supported on at least a part of the base layer, wherein the lubrication layer contains a block copolymer (A) composed of a first constituting unit derived from a reactive monomer that has an epoxy group and a second constituting unit derived from at least one hydrophilic monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylamide and an acrylamide derivative, and a polymer (B) composed of a constituting unit derived from at least one hydrophilic monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylamide and an acrylamide derivative, wherein the block copolymer (A) is contained in a proportion of 20 to 80% by weight relative to the total weight of the block copolymer (A) and the polymer (B), and wherein the block copolymer (A) is crosslinked or polymerized to form a mesh structure.

Abstract: A sliding element which has a main body and a layer system which is applied thereto. The layer system has at least a first layer of the thickness s1, which is applied to the main body, and hard material particles having a mean extent d, which are introduced into the first layer and are therefore at least fixed on the main body. The thickness s1 of the first layer is such that it amounts to at least 60% and at most 90% of the mean extent d of the hard material particles, and the hard material particles form a surface structuring of the sliding element.

Abstract: To provide a hard-amorphous-carbon-coated piston ring having low friction and excellent wear resistance and peeling resistance to reduce the fuel consumption of automobiles, an outer peripheral surface of a steel-made piston ring base material is provided with a primary layer constituted by a CrN/Cr laminate coating or a CrN/TiN laminate coating as thick as 10-60 ?m, which is obtained by alternately laminating CrN-type chromium nitride and chromium metal or TiN-type titanium nitride, an intermediate layer of chromium metal and/or titanium metal as thick as 0.05-1.0 ?m, and then a hard amorphous carbon coating as thick as 0.4-20 ?m.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a sliding member including a polyamide resin and a filler, a compound having a carbodiimide bond is supplied during kneading of the polyamide resin and the filler.

Abstract: To provide a trivalent chromium plating film, in which the generation of cracks penetrating from the film surface to a substrate interface is suppressed, and a sliding member coated with the trivalent chromium plating film, plating is conducted with a chromium plating bath containing trivalent chromium as a chromium source, with a second phase dispersed in a planar and/or fibrous form, such that the second phase in a planar and/or fibrous form is dispersed in the hard chromium plating film to prevent or deflect the propagation of cracks, and to suppress the increase of the crack width, thereby suppressing the propagation of cracks in the hard chromium plating film.

Abstract: A plastic bearing material of a bearing may include a block copolymer. The block copolymer may include structural blocks of two or more different polymers. A first polymer may include at least one of polyamide-imide and polybenzimidazole. A second polymer may include at least one of polydimethylsiloxane, methyl vinyl ether and polyisobutene. A method for manufacturing a plastic bearing material may include synthesizing a structural block of a first polymer and a structural block of a second polymer to define a block copolymer via a condensation reaction.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and an N-substituted malimide. The invention further relates to the use of the lubricating composition in an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A sliding bearing for an internal combustion engine having a plastics polymer-based composite layer on a substrate, the composite layer comprising: a matrix of plastics polymer-based material having distributed throughout the matrix; 0.1 to 5% vol carbon nanostructures; and incidental impurities; and a method of manufacture of such a sliding bearing.

Abstract: An article of method of manufacture of a low friction tribological film on a substrate. The article includes a substrate of a steel or ceramic which has been tribologically processed with a lubricant containing selected additives and the additives, temperature, load and time of processing can be selectively controlled to bias formation of a film on the substrate where the film is an amorphous structure exhibiting highly advantageous low friction properties.

Abstract: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include articles and methods of making articles.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of manufacture of the homodispersed composite of the synthetic carbon material derived from carbide and silicon where the powder of the carbon material is first dispersed mechanically with the powder of silicon to homodispersed mixture, then the homodispersed mixture of the carbon material and silicon is sintered in an inert environment at a temperature between 1200 to 1500° C. to synthetic homodispersed composite of the silicon carbide and silicon. The homodispersed composite of the silicon carbide and silicon is heated in an inert environment at a temperature between 800 to 1100° C. and then the homodispersed composite of the silicon carbide and silicon is chlorinated at a temperature from 800 to 100° C.

Abstract: Plural spline shafts are arranged around columnar plasma, and plural spline shafts are coaxially aligned in a direction that the columnar plasma extends within a vacuum chamber. The plural coaxially aligned spline shafts are positioned so that axial gap is formed between the respective male spline sections. The axial gap of the plural male spline sections is positioned at a center of the columnar plasma in the direction that the columnar plasma extends.

Abstract: A piston ring which can sustain a superior effect of preventing aluminum cohesion for a long time in a high output engine is provided. At least one of the upper and lower side faces of a piston ring is coated with a polyimide film having hard particles dispersed therein. Employed as the hard particles may be alumina, zirconia, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, cubic boron nitride, or diamond. The hard particles are to be 0.01 to 5 ?m in average particle diameter, and the film is 2 to 30 ?m in thickness.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hydroprocessing a petroleum fraction, such as a bottoms fraction from a fuels hydrocracking process, to generate a lubricant base oil. A fuels hydrocracking process typically has less stringent requirements for the sulfur and nitrogen content of a feed as compared to a lubricant base oil. Additionally, depending on the nature of the feed for the fuels hydrocracking process, the bottoms fraction may contain a relatively high level of aromatics compounds. The aromatic content of such a petroleum fraction can be reduced using a aromatic saturation stage with multiple catalyst beds, or alternatively using a reactor (or reactors) with multiple aromatic saturation stages. The catalysts in the various beds or stages can be selected to provide different types of aromatic saturation activity. An initial bed or stage can provide activity for saturation of 1-ring aromatics in the petroleum fraction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide textured surfaces to be lubricated, the texturing to enhance the effectiveness of the intended nano-lubrication. The texturing may make asperities and depressions in the surface to be lubricated. This texturing may be executed, for example, by chemical etching, laser etching, or other techniques. This texturing may create locations in the lubricated surface to hold or anchor the intended nano-lubricants, to facilitate the creation of a tribo-film on the surface when the lubricated surface is used under pressure, and resulting in delivery of multiple chemistries from the nano-lubricant.

Abstract: The present invention provides a grease composition or a lubricating oil composition which is capable of effectively preventing hydrogen brittleness-caused peeling from occurring on a rolling surface of a rolling bearing, is excellent in durability in a high temperature and speed operation, and can be used for a long time. A grease-packed bearing (1) has an inner ring (2), an outer ring (3), and a plurality of rolling elements (4). A sealing member (6) for sealing a grease composition (7) is provided at openings (8a) and (8b) disposed at both axial ends of the inner ring (2) and the outer ring (3). The grease composition (7) includes a base grease composed of a base oil and a thickener and an additive added to the base grease. The additive contains at least one compound selected from among plant-derived polyphenolic compounds and compounds formed by decomposition thereof.

Abstract: Compositions containing a reverse micelle comprising a first compound and a second compound are disclosed, wherein the second compound is configured to change conformation in response to a stimulus, a first conformation selected for formation of the reverse micelle, and a second conformation selected for disruption of the reverse micelle; and wherein the first compound is selected to interact with the first conformation of the second compound to form the reverse micelle.

Abstract: An article of method of manufacture of a low friction tribological film on a substrate. The article includes a substrate of a steel or ceramic which has been tribologically processed with a lubricant containing selected additives and the additives, temperature, load and time of processing can be selectively controlled to bias formation of a film on the substrate where the film is an amorphous structure exhibiting highly advantageous low friction properties.

Abstract: A power generation structure for generating power from a renewable energy source including a base, an energy conversion structure connected to the base, and an articulating joint between the base and the energy conversion structure, the articulating joint comprising a bearing member having a body including a composite material having a rigid material and a friction-reducing material overlying the rigid material, wherein the rigid material comprises a material selected from the group of consisting of aluminum and stainless steel.

Abstract: A chemically-modified mixed fuel includes methane gas from at least two methane-production sources and can be utilized in any process that incorporates a Kellogg Primary Reformer. A method for producing the chemically-modified mixed fuel described herein includes providing a first methane-containing gas from a first methane-production source, providing a second methane-containing gas from a second methane-production source and blending the first methane-containing gas with the second methane-containing gas at a suitable pressure to form a chemically-modified mixed fuel. In some cases, at least one additional methane-containing gas can be provided from at least one additional methane-production source and blended with the chemically-modified fuel.

Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for use in an image forming apparatus, containing a thickener, a base oil and a lubricity improver, wherein the thickener is a lithium soap, the base oil is a synthetic hydrocarbon oil, the lubricity improver is a polyethylene oxide wax, and the image forming apparatus is equipped with a sliding member and a member for holding the sliding member which is driven to slide through the holding member via the grease composition, one of the sliding member or the holding member for the sliding member having a sliding surface formed from a metal, and the other having a sliding surface formed from a resin.

Abstract: A composition for sliding member includes a binder resin, a solid lubricant, and an epoxy modified silicone oil having an epoxy group at both ends or at one end thereof. A weight ratio of the binder resin and the epoxy modified silicone oil is 97:3 to 75:25.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a coating formulation for preparing a hydrophilic coating a hydrophilic polymer, a Norrish Type II photoinitiator, comprising a substituted benzohenone, xanthone, tioxanthone or anthraquinone, and more than 70 wt % of a carrier liquid; to a method of forming a hydrophilic coating on a substrate, the method comprising: applying a coating formulation to at least one surface of an article and allowing the coating formulation to cure for a time period less than 360 seconds; and to an article comprising at least one hydrophilic coating.

Abstract: A protective agent block including metal soap; and boron nitride, wherein the weight ratio Mr of boron nitride to the metal soap is calculated from the relationship 1 based on Raman spectrum measured at each of multiple places on the protective agent block and the average of the measured weight ratios Mr ranges from 0.050 to 0.330 with a variation coefficient of 0.075 or less: Mr=(log(ABN/ASP)+1.3588)/7.7374??Relationship 1 where ABN represents a peak area in a range of from a wavenumber of 1377.837 cm?1 to 1354.695 cm?1 and ASP represents a peak area in a range of from a wavenumber of 1481.012 cm?1 to 1420.264 cm?1.

Abstract: An oil additive includes a hydrotalcite-like compound, and a radical trapping agent having a melting point of 130° C. or higher.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coated sliding parts having coating systems which allow better sliding performance under dry and/or under lubricated conditions. The coating systems according to the present invention being characterized by having an outermost layer which—is a smooth oxide-containing layer in case of sliding applications under lubricated conditions, or—is a self-lubricated layer comprising molybdenum nitride, in case of sliding applications under dry or lubricated conditions, is a selflubricated layer with a structured surface comprising a multitude of essentially circular recesses with diameters of several micrometers or below, the recesses randomly distributed over the surface.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide textured surfaces to be lubricated, the texturing to enhance the effectiveness of the intended nano-lubrication. The texturing may make asperities and depressions in the surface to be lubricated. This texturing may be executed, for example, by chemical etching, laser etching, or other techniques. This texturing may create locations in the lubricated surface to hold or anchor the intended nano-lubricants, to facilitate the creation of a tribo-film on the surface when the lubricated surface is used under pressure, and resulting in delivery of multiple chemistries from the nano-lubricant.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a sliding member having a lubricating film formed on the sliding surface thereof, and capable of exhibiting friction-reducing performance; and a friction reduction method for the same. To that end, the present invention entails coating the sliding surface with a titanium nitride-based material (for example, titanium carbon nitride, titanium nitride, or titanium aluminum nitride), adding a molybdenum dithiocarbamate with molybdenum in the amount of 600-1000 ppm to diesel engine oil, setting the arithmetic mean roughness of the sliding member to 2-10 nm, and upon converting the Sommerfeld number viscosity to Pa·s, the speed to s?1, and the load to mean Hertzian stress (Pa), then the lubrication conditions for use are within the range of 2.12365×10?19 to 5.94509×10?19.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and an N-substituted malimide. The invention further relates to the use of the lubricating composition in an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A swash plate type compressor is arranged with a plurality of semispherical shoes and a disc shaped swash plate. A resin coating having a honeycomb structure is formed on a surface and a rear surface (sliding surface) of the swatch plate which slides with the shoe. An edge part (top end) of each of the multiple cylinder bodies which forms the resin coating layer are at the same plane and forms a sliding surface which slides with the shoe. In addition, an interior space of each cylinder body forms a storage part of a lubricant and a container part for foreign objects. The swash plate can be provided with excellent wear resistance, seizure resistance and lubrication retention.

Abstract: A permanently lubricated film gasket for providing a fluid-tight seal between a corrugated pipe and a smooth annular section of an outer pipe or section when the corrugated pipe and the outer pipe or section are in a relative surrounded and surrounding relationship. A first portion of the gasket is shaped to fit within a groove or recess of the corrugated pipe. A second portion of the gasket extends from the first portion. The second portion is at least partially comprised of permanently lubricated film for facilitating in the connection of the pipes along a single direction.

Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for hub unit bearing, containing (a) an aromatic diurea thickener, (b) a base oil, (c) a metal salt of oxidized wax, (d) diphenyl hydrogen phosphate, and (e) at least one rust preventive selected from the group consisting of sulfonate rust preventives and carboxylic acid rust preventives. The grease composition of the invention shows excellent anti-fretting properties at low temperature, and at the same time, exhibit excellent rust preventing properties.

Abstract: Articles, methods of making, and uses for modifying surfaces for liquid repellency are disclosed. The liquid repellant surfaces comprise a surface comprising an anchoring layer. The anchoring layer, which forms an immobilized molecular anchoring layer on the surface, has a head group that is covalently linked to, or adsorbed onto, the surface and a functional group. The functional group of the treated surface has an affinity for a lubricating layer, which is applied to the treated surface. The anchoring layer and replenishable lubricating layer are held together by non-covalent attractive forces. Together, these layers form an ultra-repellant slippery surface that repels certain immiscible liquids and prevents adsorption, coagulation, and surface fouling by components contained within.

Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition which contains (a) a base oil, (b) a thickener, (c) a compound having an alkylthiocarbamoyl group, represented by the formula (1), (d) a hindered phenol antioxidant, and (e) a metal deactivator; wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon groups, and X represents S, S—S, S—CH2—S, S—CH2CH2—S or S—CH2CH2CH2—S.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a sliding mechanism having a lubricating film formed on the sliding surface thereof, and capable of exhibiting friction-reducing performance; and a friction reduction method for the same. To that end, the present invention entails coating the sliding surface with chromium nitride, adding a molybdenum dithiocarbamate with molybdenum in the amount of 600-1000 ppm to diesel engine oil, setting the arithmetic mean roughness of the sliding member to 2-60 nm, and upon converting the Sommerfeld number viscosity to Pa·s, the speed to s?1, and the load to mean Hertzian stress (Pa), then the lubrication conditions for use are within the range of 2.12365×10?20 to 5.94509×10?19.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) that can be modified as desired. Roughened (e.g., porous) surfaces can be utilized to lock in place a lubricating fluid, referred to herein as Liquid B to repel a wide range of objects, referred to herein as Object A (Solid A or Liquid A). Use of an external stimuli or degradation of the Liquid B can be utilized to change the characteristics of SLIPS structures reversibly or irreversibly that may be desired in a number of different applications. Numerous characteristics, such as adhesion, optical, mechanical, and the like, can be dynamically changed.

Abstract: An element with at least one slide surface with a coating for use on an internal combustion engine may include a base of a metallic alloy and at least one inner surface provided with a hard ceramic coating generated by physical vapor deposition. The element may include a porosity with a rate lower than 2 percent by volume, a Vickers hardness ranging from 1500 to 3000HV, and a compressive inner tension lower than 500 MPa.

Abstract: An inorganic-organic hybrid coating applied to a polymer and method for forming same to provide improved hydrophilicity and lubricity to the surface of the polymer. The hydrophilic coating is on the order of one micron thick, as is formed by activating the surface of the polymer, reacting the activated surface of the polymer with a Lewis acid metallic composition, and then quenching the coating in salt solution having a pH>7.2 at a temperature above the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a lubricating oil composition for a hydrodynamic bearing including: 95 to 99 wt % of an ester-based base oil; and 1.0 to 5.0 wt % of mixed oil containing at least two kinds of ester-based oils different from the ester-based base oil. According to the present invention, a hard disk drive (HDD) motor is manufactured using the lubricating oil composition for a hydrodynamic bearing having a low viscosity, a small evaporation loss, and improved oxidation stability at a room temperature, whereby the impact resistance and low-temperature operation stability of the hydrodynamic bearing motor may be improved.

Abstract: Provided is an innovative belt-shaped lubricating material for dry wiredrawing which not only can be used under severe wiredrawing processing conditions such as those of high temperature/high pressure/high speed as well as conventional powdered or granular lubricants for dry wiredrawing but also can cope with diameter reduction to a wide range of wire diameters ranging from a small diameter to a large diameter and a wide range of linear speeds ranging from a low speed to a high speed, has excellent functionalities such as lubricity, followability, spreadability, adhesiveness, heat resistance, processability, workability, safety, durability and productivity irrespective of a processed shape, is effective in improving work environments and is friendly to the global environment. The belt-shaped lubricating material for dry wiredrawing includes a film containing 10 to 90% by weight of a metal salt of a saturated fatty acid and 10 to 90% by weight of a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include articles and methods of making articles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward compositions suitable for use as dielectric fluids, lubricant fluids and biodiesel fluids. Compositions described herein are obtained from a saturated, unsaturated or combinations of both monol, diol, triol or polyol acyl ester based fluid and/or a non-ester based fluid and 2,4,6-tris(di-C1-C6-alkylaminomethyl) phenol and/or the carboxylic acid salt of 2,4,6-tris(di-C1-C6-alkylaminomethyl) phenol. These compositions demonstrate improved oxidative stability and/or hydrolytic stability at higher use temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil composition for use in a compressor for a refrigerator in which a sliding surface of at least a part of constitutional members of the compressor is coated with a lubrication film-forming composition containing a resin having a heat distortion temperature of 100° C. or higher as a binder, and a solid lubricant, wherein the refrigerating machine oil composition contains a base oil made of a polyoxyalkylene glycol having a kinematic viscosity of from 3 to 50 mm2/s as measured at 100° C., and a compound selected from the group consisting of amide compounds, amidated amino acid compounds and aliphatic amines having a specific structural formula which compound is contained in an amount of from 0.