Working with Bonded Lubricants | Related Processes | Benefits of Using PCL | Features | Typical Components
The application of bonded lubricants takes place
within the High Performance Section at Plastic Coatings Ltd.
Our experienced team and state-of-the-art facilities ensure the professional application of high-quality bonded lubricants to your components.
Bonded lubricant coating forms a durable solid film lubricant. It’s suitable for the lubrication of rubber and metal parts across industries, including the automotive and aerospace industries, to reduce abrasion and wear on components.
Our coating material range is comprised of a number of bases, allowing the right solution can be determined for your application. Our expert team can discuss your requirements upfront so that we land on the most effective coating system.
Plastic Coatings is experienced working to project specifications for the coating of components of all sizes and across varying environmental and application demands.
Working with Bonded Lubricants
Typical bonded lubricants would be Molykote®, Molydag®, Molydal®, and Everslik®. Applied in a similar fashion to PTFE coatings, where a liquid is sprayed onto the substrate, bonded lubricants have properties of their own, differentiating them from PTFE coatings. This makes them suitable for high-pressure applications where PTFE coatings may not be as effective.
Whilst bonded lubricants are used as a dry lubricant, the main difference between bonded lubricants and PTFE is that PTFE coatings are recommended for fast-moving, light loads whereas bonded lubricants are better suited to heavier, slow-moving loads.
Related Processes
Under pressure, bonded lubricants tend to compress and stay in place unlike a PTFE coating, which under sufficient pressure would move.
Benefits
of Using PCL
Plastic Coatings’ ability to prepare the component with pretreatment services, including degreasing and grit blasting, with our in-house facilities ensures an end-to-end solution while streamlining costs and maintaining quality of output.
We’re further confident in working to the specifications of your project, with the industry knowledge and wider connections to facilitate solutions for even the most unique of requirements.
Features
& Typical Components
Features:
Low friction coating
Dry lubricant
Good temperature resistance
Typical Components:
Any load bearing surface
Gaskets
Bearings
Drive chains
