INDUSTRY NEWS:
Solid Film Lubricants
Pexa is the authorised distributor of Everlube Products to the aerospace and defence industries. Everlube is a brand of Curtiss Wright and is one of the World's leading developers of sold film lubricant technology.
Engineering coatings can be used to modify the surface properties of components for longer service life and improved performance.
Main properties available from Everlube products:
- Wear resistance
- Friction reduction
- Galling reduction
- Heat resistance
- Fluid resistance
- Corrosion resistance
- Torque/tension reduction
- Interference fit improvement
- No dirt pick up
- High load resistance
Advanced resin systems are combined with Molybdenum Disulphide, Graphite and PTFE to achieve maximum performance in an easy to apply thin film.
Areas of use include:
- Aerostructures parts
- Aero-engine parts including turbine blades
- Small arms manufacture
Everlube Products' well known brands include:
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Everlube products are approved to the most important specifications for the aerospace and defence industries - including:
Product Approvals
| Specification | Product |
DoD Mil Std |
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| Mil-L-46010E Type 2 | Ecoalube 642 |
| Mil-L-25504 | Everlube 620 |
| Mil-L-8937D | Everlube 620C |
| Mil-L-46010E Type 1 | Everlube 620C |
| Mil-L-PRF-46010F | Everlube 9002 |
| Mil-L-23398 | Lubri-bond 200 |
| Mil-L-23398 | Permaslik G |
| Mil-PRF-46147C | Permaslik G |
Boeing |
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| BMS 3-8E | Everlube 9001 |
| BMS 3-8E | Everlube 620 |
Airbus UK |
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| ABP 1-4055 | Everlube 9002 |
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft |
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| PWA474 | Ecoalube 642 |