Things to Know about Lubricants for MIL-PRF-46010

• It is advisable to use lubricants made of recyclable and environmentally preferable materials. However, it should be made sure that the environment-friendly lubricants should meet or exceed the application and maintenance needs.
• The minimum endurance life of the bonded lubricant should be of 450 minutes at a load of 4450 newtons, while the minimum load carrying capacity should be of 3000 lbf.
• The lubricant should be applied in a smooth, even and perfect manner without any scratches, cracks, blisters, pinholes, sags, foreign matter, rough particles and grits. The coating thickness of the lubricant should be between 0.008 and 0.013 millimeters.
• The lubricant should be storage-friendly with qualities like enhanced life endurance, resistance against aluminum corrosion, salt-spray and sulfurous acid and resistance against extreme temperatures.
• The lubricants should not be made of materials with toxic content, which can a health hazard to human beings. It should not contain any restricted materials like lead or lead-containing elements, powdered metal, graphite or any other ozone-depleting substances in any form.
• The Solid film lubricant mil-prf-46010 should be resistant to fluids like anti-icing fluid, cleaning solvent, ocean water substitute, turbine fuel, hydrocarbon base, hydraulic fluid, lubricants and so on.
• The lubricant should have accurate thermal stability to prevent it from flaking, cracking, lifting, blistering or peeling.

It should be remembered that lubricants for MIL-PRF-46010 need to be highly efficient and should adhere to all the quality parameters before being applied.