GEAR OILS ON TEST

Abstract

GEAR oil testing is an enterprise involving large numbers of people and equipment and costing millions of dollars per year. It is used as a guide in the development of new gear lubricants (or even new machines) and also serves broad quality control purposes. Since the gear oil business is a multimillion dollar area and since it is serving a multibillion dollar automotive and industrial investment around the world, spending for gear oil testing can be well worth the costs. However, as in every other aspect of business, cost reduction in gear oil testing is becoming more and more a demand of the times. It is therefore important to take a critical look at the expenses incurred in this area, and decide if some of the tests can be eliminated without detrimental effects.

Citation

Papay, A.G. (1977), "GEAR OILS ON TEST", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 29 No. 1, pp. 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053127