Auxiliary Lubrication Effects of Polyolefin Resin and Porous Polymer Materials Used in the Linear Slide Rails

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With the rapid development of the precision machine tool industry, the requirements for the performance of the linear guides are becoming increasingly stringent. To transmit greater power and be used in the heavy-load environments, the contact surface between the balls and the rails must withstand great stress, and it is easy to cause severe wear of the material. Therefore, the applications of auxiliary lubrication technology to improve the overall lubrication properties has become the focus of the design of linear slides used under high load conditions. The effectiveness of polyolefin resin and porous polymers on the auxiliary lubrication is studied in this paper. The experimental results show that the porous polymer auxiliary lubrication device not only has a shorter running-in period and lower friction results, but also has acceptable anti-wear properties.

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