US20070242910A1 - Grease For Slide Bearing - Google Patents

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US20070242910A1
US20070242910A1 US11/587,487 US58748706A US2007242910A1 US 20070242910 A1 US20070242910 A1 US 20070242910A1 US 58748706 A US58748706 A US 58748706A US 2007242910 A1 US2007242910 A1 US 2007242910A1
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Hideki Akita
Osamu Gokita
Minoru Fujisaki
Hajime Maezawa
Nobuo Yanaka
Hiroshi Nishimura
Hideyuki Fujiya
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  • the present invention relates to grease for a slide bearing which is formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing having pores impregnated with lubricating oil.
  • slide bearing assemblies each comprising a slide bearing and a shaft which is inserted in the slide bearing and is supported to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction.
  • an excavation mechanism of a hydraulic excavator as a representative of construction machines has a boom coupled to an upper swing body installed on a track body, an arm coupled to a fore end of the boom, and a bucket coupled to a fore end of the arm.
  • a slide bearing assembly is generally employed which includes a slide bearing for supporting a pivot shaft.
  • a bearing is often formed of an oil-impregnated and sintered alloy-made bushing which is obtained by impregnating highly-viscous lubricating oil in a porous bushing made of an iron-base sintered alloy.
  • the oil-impregnated and sintered alloy-made bushing operates such that the impregnated oil swells and reduces its own viscosity due to frictional heat generated when the shaft slides relative to the bushing, whereby the lubricating oil exudes to form a thin oil film on a sliding surface. Therefore, the oil-impregnated and sintered alloy-made bushing exhibits the superior self-lubricating function (see, e.g., Patent Document 1)
  • Patent Document 1 JP,A 8-105444
  • An object of the present invention is to provide grease for a slide bearing, which can suppress unusual noise attributable to a slip caused between a shaft and a bearing when a machine is stopped.
  • the present invention provides slide bearing grease supplied to between a slide bearing formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing having pores impregnated with a lubricating material and a shaft inserted in the slide bearing and supported to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction, wherein the slide bearing grease contains base oil having dynamic viscosity of 10-70 mm 2 /s at 40° C. and exuding under a load of the shaft to form an oil film between the slide bearing and the shaft.
  • the present invention provides slide bearing grease supplied to between a slide bearing formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing having pores impregnated with a lubricating material, in which a solid lubricant is mixed, and a shaft inserted in the slide bearing and supported to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction, wherein the slide bearing grease contains base oil having dynamic viscosity of 10-70 mm 2 /s at 40° C. and exuding under a load of the shaft to form an oil film between the slide bearing and the shaft.
  • the present invention provides slide bearing grease supplied to between a slide bearing formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing having pores impregnated with a lubricating material and a shaft inserted in the slide bearing and supported to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction, wherein the slide bearing grease contains base oil having dynamic viscosity lower than that of the lubricating oil and exuding under a load of the shaft to form an oil film between the slide bearing and the shaft.
  • the present invention provides slide bearing grease supplied to between a slide bearing formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing having pores impregnated with lubricating oil and a shaft inserted in the slide bearing and supported to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction, wherein the slide bearing grease contains base oil having dynamic viscosity of 10-70 mm 2 /s at 40° C. and exuding under a load of the shaft to form an oil film between the slide bearing and the shaft, the slide bearing grease being added with at least a solid lubricant.
  • the present invention provides slide bearing grease supplied to between a slide bearing formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing having pores impregnated with lubricating oil and a shaft inserted in the slide bearing and supported to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction, wherein the slide bearing grease contains base oil having dynamic viscosity lower than that of the lubricating oil and exuding under a load of the shaft to form an oil film between the slide bearing and the shaft, the slide bearing grease being added with at least a solid lubricant.
  • the solid lubricant contains at least one selected from among organic molybdenum, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, boron nitride, graphite, nylon, polyethylene, polyimide, polyacetal, polytetrafluoroethylene, and polyphenylene sulfide.
  • the oil film is formed between the slide bearing and the shaft by the base oil having a low viscosity and exuding from the slide bearing grease. Since the thus-formed oil film serves as a lubricating film to reduce a frictional force between the slide bearing and the shaft, it is possible to suppress the generation of unusual noise or to reduce the generated unusual noise.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view showing an overall structure of a hydraulic excavator as one example of machines to which is applied slide bearing grease according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an internal structure of a slide bearing assembly to which is applied slide bearing grease according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view illustratively showing, in enlarged scale, the proximity of an interface between a slide bearing and a shaft to which is applied the slide bearing grease according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the slide bearing and the shaft, view illustratively showing a state of an oil film exuding from the slide bearing grease according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a side view showing an overall structure of the hydraulic excavator as one example of machines to which is applied the slide bearing grease according to the present invention, the view showing a condition where a bucket is floated above the ground surface.
  • FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view illustratively showing, in enlarged scale, the proximity of the interface between the slide bearing and the shaft to which is applied slide bearing grease according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a table showing compositions of the slide bearing grease according to the present invention and commercially sold greases and comparison results of performance tests.
  • FIG. 8 is a graph showing the results of measuring the coefficients of friction of the slide bearing grease according to the present invention and the commercially sold greases.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view showing an overall structure of a hydraulic excavator as one example of machines to which is applied slide bearing grease according to the present invention.
  • the hydraulic excavator shown in FIG. 1 comprises a lower travel structure 1 , an upper swing body 2 installed on the lower travel structure 1 to be able to swing, a cab 3 disposed at one side (left side in FIG. 1 ) on the upper swing body 2 , an engine room 4 disposed at the other side (right side in FIG. 1 ) on the upper swing body 2 , and an excavation mechanism 5 disposed on the upper swing body 2 at the same side as the cab 3 .
  • the excavation mechanism 5 comprises a boom 6 supported by the upper swing body 2 to be able to pivotally move up and down, a boom hydraulic cylinder 7 for pivotally moving the boom 6 up and down, an arm 8 rotatably supported to a fore end of the boom 6 , an arm hydraulic cylinder 9 for rotating the arm 8 , a bucket 10 rotatably supported to a fore end of the arm 8 , and a bucket hydraulic cylinder 11 for rotating the bucket 10 .
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an internal structure of a slide bearing assembly to which is applied slide bearing grease according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • a slide bearing assembly 12 shown in FIG. 2 comprises a boss 15 , a slide bearing 16 formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing which is fixedly fitted to an inner periphery of the boss 15 by a shrinkage fit, such as a heating or cooling shrinkage fit, and a shaft 22 inserted in and supported by the slide bearing 16 to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction.
  • a shrinkage fit such as a heating or cooling shrinkage fit
  • Dust seals 18 , 18 are disposed on both sides of the slide bearing 16 to face opposite end surfaces of the slide bearing 16 and are press-fitted to the inner periphery of the boss 15 . Also, on both sides of the boss 15 , brackets 19 , 19 are disposed with shims 20 , 20 held between opposite end surfaces of the boss 15 and the brackets 19 , 19 . Gaps between the brackets 19 , 19 and the boss 15 are sealed by O-rings 21 , 21 fitted at the outer peripheral sides of the gaps.
  • the shaft 22 penetrates through the brackets 19 , the shims 20 , the dust seals 18 and the slide bearing 16 , and is locked to one bracket 19 by a rotation check bolt 23 .
  • a grease supply hole 25 is formed in the shaft 22 to supply slide bearing grease 24 to a substantially central portion of the slide bearing 16 from the side opposed to the side where the rotation check bolt 23 is mounted.
  • a sealing plug 26 is screwed to one end of the grease supply hole 25 so that the slide bearing grease 24 filled in the grease supply hole 25 is sealed off by the sealing plug 26 . With such an arrangement, the slide bearing grease 24 filled in the grease supply hole 25 is supplied to between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 .
  • the slide bearing 16 is formed using a porous composite sintered alloy made of copper powder and iron powder, for example, and it has a large number of pores. Highly-viscous lubricating oil is impregnated in the pores such that, when the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 are in relative sliding motion, the slide bearing 16 exhibits a sufficient lubrication effect relative to the shaft 22 even when the slide bearing grease 24 is not supplied.
  • the porosity of the slide bearing 16 is preferably in the range of, e.g., about 5-30 [vol %]. If the porosity is less than 5 [vol %], there is a risk that a sufficient amount of lubricating oil is not impregnated and the function as the bearing of the type supplied with no grease becomes insufficient.
  • any suitable composite sintered alloy made of other materials than copper powder and iron powder can also be used as a material of the slide bearing 16 .
  • Highly-viscous oil having a comparatively high dynamic viscosity is used as the lubricating oil to be impregnated in the slide bearing 16 .
  • the lubricating oil swells and reduces its own viscosity due to frictional heat generated when the shaft 22 slides relative to the slide bushing 16 , whereby the lubricating oil exudes to a sliding interface between the shaft 22 and the slide bushing 16 and forms a thin oil film.
  • the lubricating oil shrinks with lowering of temperature and is returned back into the pores of the slide bearing 16 by capillarity. Based on those behaviors of the lubricating oil, the slide bearing 16 exhibits the superior self-lubricating function.
  • the dynamic viscosity of the impregnated lubricating oil is not necessarily limited, but it is required, on an assumption of being impregnated in the slide bearing 16 , to fall in such a range that the oil can be held inside the pores in an ordinary state after being impregnated, can exude to the sliding interface during use due to frictional heat generated between the shaft 22 and the slide bearing 16 , and thereafter can be returned back to the slide bearing 16 with lowering of temperature.
  • the dynamic viscosity of the lubricating oil by way of example, it is confirmed that the oil is able to exhibit the above-mentioned behaviors when the dynamic viscosity at 25.5 [° C.], for example, has a value of about 56-1500 [mm 2 /s].
  • the dynamic viscosity at 25.5 [° C.] is a value of not higher than 220 [mm 2 /s]
  • seizure of the slide bearing 16 has been confirmed in some cases when contact pressure is 40 [Mpa] that is lower than standard contact pressure acting on bearings of construction machines, i.e., 70 [Mpa].
  • the lubricating oil impregnated in the slide bearing 16 most of various lubricating oils generally commercially available, including mineral oil, synthetic oil, etc., can be used and the composition of the lubricating oil is not limited to particular one so long as the oil has the dynamic viscosity capable of exhibiting the above-mentioned behaviors. Note that grease containing a fibrous thickener or the like is excluded from the selection target because such grease cannot be impregnated in the slide bearing 16 .
  • a solid lubricant is contained in the lubricating oil impregnated in the slide bearing 16 .
  • the solid lubricant contained in the lubricating oil has a layered structure and exhibits a superior lubrication effect with sliding of individual layers in the layer extending direction.
  • the solid lubricant includes at least one selected from among, for example, organic molybdenum, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, boron nitride, graphite, nylon, polyethylene, polyimide, polyacetal, polytetrafluoroethylene, and polyphenylene sulfide.
  • the content of the solid lubricant in the lubricating oil is in the range of, e.g., about 2.0-[% by weight], and the particle size of solid lubricating fine particles is selected to be sufficiently small (e.g., about 0.1 ⁇ m-100 ⁇ m) such that the fine particles are able to freely move out of and into the pores of the slide bearing 16 without being clogged in the pores.
  • the lubricating oil containing the solid lubricant is impregnated in the slide bearing 16 through the steps of sufficiently agitating the solid lubricant in the form of fine particles and the lubricating oil to uniformly disperse the solid lubricant in the lubricating oil, and then heating the lubricating oil so as to reduce the oil viscosity for liquefaction.
  • the slide bearing 16 is immersed in the liquefied lubricating oil and is left to stand in a vacuum atmosphere. As a result, air in the pores of the slide bearing 16 is sucked out, and the lubricating oil containing the solid lubricant is sucked into the pores.
  • the slide bearing 16 After impregnating the lubricating oil in the pores in such a manner, the slide bearing 16 is taken out into air and is naturally cooled to room temperature, whereby the lubricating oil restores the original viscosity again and loses fluidity while residing in the pores of the slide bearing 16 .
  • the lubricating oil containing the solid lubricant is impregnated and held in the pores of the slide bearing 16 .
  • the heating temperature of the lubricating oil when the lubricating oil is impregnated in the slide bearing 16 is not limited to a particular value, but the heating temperature is changed depending on the viscosity of the lubricating oil used. In other words, it is just required that the lubricating oil be heated to temperature enough for liquefaction of the lubricating oil.
  • resin-base materials such as polyethylene, polyimide, polyacetal, and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene)
  • the heating temperature has to be set lower than the heat-resistant temperature of the resin used.
  • the immersion time and the vacuum pressure during and under which the slide bearing 16 is immersed in the lubricating oil are not limited to particular values, but they are set depending on the viscosity of the lubricating oil used. In other words, it is just required that the slide bearing 16 is impregnated until the pores of the slide bearing 16 are saturated with the lubricating oil. Assuming, for example, that lubricating oil having the dynamic viscosity of 460 [mm 2 /s] is heated to temperature of 60-80 [° C.] and the slide bearing 16 is immersed in the heated lubricating oil under a vacuum of 2 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 2 [mmHg], the pores of the slide bearing 16 are usually saturated with the lubricating oil in about 1 hour.
  • the shaft 22 is made of a steel material or the like.
  • treatment such as carburizing, high-frequency induction quenching, laser quenching, or nitriding
  • the shaft surface is subjected to surface reforming treatment by transformation (to, e.g., zinc phosphate or manganese phosphate) or sulphurizing.
  • FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view illustratively showing, in enlarged scale, the proximity of the interface between the slide bearing and the shaft to which is applied the slide bearing grease according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the lubricating oil 31 impregnated in the pores 30 has very low fluidity and is therefore hardly lost even when the relative sliding of the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 is repeated.
  • the oil film 32 can be continuously supplied with stability for a very long term.
  • the so-called “scoring phenomenon” occurred between the shaft 22 and the slide bearing 16 , which are angularly movable relative to each other, is caused by microscopic metal contact between them.
  • that phenomenon is prevented by the presence of a microscopic “oil pool” (i.e., the oil film 32 ) shown in FIG. 3 .
  • the above-described slide bearing grease 24 in the grease supply hole 25 is made of base oil having lower dynamic viscosity than the lubricating oil 31 , more particularly base oil that has the dynamic viscosity of 10-70 [mm 2 /s] (preferably 30-70 [mm 2 /s]) at 40 [° C.] and is capable of exuding due to the load of the shaft 22 to form an oil film (described later) between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 .
  • base oil is obtained as low-viscous base oil of hydrocarbon-base synthetic oil, low-viscous mineral oil, or the like.
  • the slide bearing grease 24 is prepared by adding, to the low-viscous base oil, not only at least one selected from among metallic soap, polyurea resin, organic bentonite, silica, and a fluorine-contained resin as a thickner compatible with the base oil, but also an antioxidant, an extreme-pressure agent, a greasy agent serving as a lubrication aid, or a viscosity improver, if necessary. Furthermore, the solid lubricant contained in the lubricating oil impregnated in the slide bearing 16 may also be added to the slide bearing grease 24 .
  • the slide bearing grease 24 having the above-described composition exhibits the functions of ensuring lubrication between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 during a certain time or longer in which the relative sliding between them is stopped.
  • the grounds why the dynamic viscosity of the base oil used in the slide bearing grease 24 should be limited to the above range will be described later.
  • the lubricating oil 31 impregnated in the pores 30 of the slide bearing 16 is caused to exude onto the inner peripheral surface of the slide bearing 16 together with the solid lubricant 33 , thereby forming the thin oil film 32 .
  • the solid lubricant 33 enters the sliding interface between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 along with the lubricating oil 31 , the thin oil film 32 made of the lubricating oil 31 and the solid lubricant 33 is formed at the sliding interface between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 , and an excellent lubrication effect is obtained between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 , which are slidingly movable relative to each other, regardless of the sliding speed.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 , the view illustratively showing a state of the oil film 35 .
  • the hydraulic excavator when the hydraulic excavator is stopped longer than a certain time, it is generally brought into such a posture that the bucket 10 of the excavation mechanism 5 is contacted with the ground as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • a moment attributable to the dead load of the excavation mechanism 5 acts on the slide bearing assembly 12 .
  • the excavation mechanism 5 tries to maintain its current posture with the aid of holding forces given by a hydraulic fluid supplied to the hydraulic cylinders 7 , 9 and 11 , the force against a downward moment of the excavation mechanism 5 is gradually reduced with the lapse of time if pressures in the hydraulic cylinders are lowered with slight leaks of the hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic drive system. Consequently, in spite of the hydraulic excavator being in the completely stopped state, there generates a force acting to slide the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 relative to each other.
  • the oil film 35 is formed between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 by the low-viscous base oil having superior “wetness” and exuding from the slide bearing grease 24 as described above with reference to FIG. 4 .
  • the thus-formed oil film 35 serves as a lubricating film to reduce the frictional force between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 , thereby suppressing the generation of unusual noise or reducing the generated unusual noise.
  • FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view illustratively showing, in enlarged scale, the proximity of the interface between the slide bearing and the shaft to which is applied slide bearing grease according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Similar components in FIG. 6 to those shown in the above-described drawings are denoted by the same numerals as those in the above description and they are not described here.
  • the slide bearing 16 in this second embodiment is also formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing as in the foregoing embodiment, but highly-viscous lubricating oil containing no solid lubricant is impregnated in the pores of the slide bearing 16 .
  • the lubricating oil can be impregnated in the slide bearing 16 in the same manner as in the foregoing embodiment by replacing the lubricating oil containing the solid lubricant in the foregoing embodiment with the lubricating oil containing no solid lubricant in this second embodiment.
  • the oil film 32 can be continuously supplied with stability for a very long term.
  • the so-called “scoring phenomenon” occurred between the shaft 22 and the slide bearing 16 , which are angularly movable relative to each other, is caused by microscopic metal contact between them.
  • that phenomenon is prevented by the presence of a microscopic “oil pool” (i.e., the oil film 32 ) shown in FIG. 6 .
  • the slide bearing grease 24 filled in the grease supply hole 25 (see FIG. 2 ) is prepared by adding a solid lubricant similar to that used in the first embodiment to base oil similar to that used in the first embodiment.
  • the slide bearing grease 24 filled in the grease supply hole 25 contains the solid lubricant in this second embodiment.
  • the slide bearing grease 24 in this second embodiment which has the above-described composition, ensures lubrication between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 during a certain time or longer in which the relative sliding between them is stopped. Moreover, addition of the solid lubricant develops the function of ensuring lubrication between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 when they undergo fine pivotal motion.
  • the lubricating oil 31 impregnated in the pores 30 of the slide bearing 16 is caused to exude onto the inner peripheral surface of the slide bearing 16 , thereby forming the thin oil film 32 .
  • the slide bearing grease 24 filled in the grease supply hole 25 is supplied to the interface between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 , the solid lubricant being in the form of fine particles and mixed in the slide bearing grease 24 enter between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 .
  • the solid lubricant enters the sliding interface between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 together with the lubricating oil 31 , whereby fine layers made up of the lubricating oil 31 and the slide bearing grease 24 containing the solid lubricant are formed between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 so as to develop an excellent lubrication effect between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22 which are slidingly movable relative to each other.
  • this second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment and, the second embodiment can also provide similar advantages to those obtained with the first embodiment.
  • the sliding operation of the slide bearing assembly 12 is lubricated additionally with the action of the solid lubricant contained in the slide bearing 16 . Even if the fretting phenomenon occurs, the above-described adhesion force is small and the generated unusual noise is so small as to be almost inaudible.
  • FIG. 7 is a table showing compositions of the slide bearing grease according to the present invention and commercially sold greases and comparison results of performance tests.
  • the inventors have studied the mechanism of generation of the fretting phenomenon and the relationship between that mechanism and the kinds of greases, and have made the performance tests. Based on the test results, the range of the dynamic viscosity of the base oil used in the slide bearing grease according to the present invention is limited to the range described above.
  • samples 1 - 5 of the slide bearing grease according to the present invention were prepared through the steps of producing base grease in the same manner as that generally used in producing lithium grease, mixing additives in the produced grease, kneading the mixture by using a 3-roll mill, and adjusting the consistency of the mixture to NLGI (National Lubricating Grease Institute) No. 2 grade (consistency: 265-295).
  • the performances of the samples 1 - 5 were compared with those of commercially sold greases 1 - 3 .
  • any of the samples 1 - 5 contained mineral oil as the base oil, Li as a thickener, and an extreme-pressure agent, a rust inhibitor, an organic Mo (solid lubricant), and a greasy agent were as additives.
  • the base oils used in the samples 1 - 5 differed in dynamic viscosity from one another, and the dynamic viscosities of the base oils used in the samples 1 - 5 at 40 [° C.] had values [mm 2 /s] of 10, 22, 32, 46 and 68, respectively.
  • the commercially sold greases 1 and 2 tested for comparison were ones very commonly supplied to the slide bearing assembly in the excavation mechanism of the hydraulic excavator shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the commercially sold grease 3 was one in which base oil had higher viscosity to increase the extreme-pressure performance. While the consistency of each of the commercially sold greases 1 - 3 was set to NLGI No. 2 grade, the dynamic viscosities of the base oils (mineral oils) used in the commercially sold greases 1 - 3 had values [mm 2 /s] of 143, 93 and 430, respectively.
  • any of the samples 1 - 5 showed a value comparable to those of the commercially sold greases 1 and 2 in the abrasion resistance performance, and showed a value comparable to or better than those of the commercially sold greases 1 and 2 in the load-bearing performance.
  • the samples 4 and 5 showed a high value of 3090 [N] in the load-bearing performance.
  • the load-bearing performance test was conducted in accordance with a high-speed 4-ball test (1770 [rpm] ⁇ 10 [sec]), and the abrasion resistance performance test was conducted in accordance with a high-speed 4-ball test (1220 [rpm] ⁇ 40 [kgf] ⁇ 75 [° C.] ⁇ 1 [hr]).
  • the samples 1 - 5 and the commercially sold greases 1 - 3 were evaluated for the coefficient of friction.
  • FIG. 8 is a graph showing the measured results.
  • the inventors evaluated the coefficient of friction in three grades as follows.
  • the grease having the coefficient of friction being constantly low with stability was evaluated as “ ⁇ ”
  • the grease having the coefficient of friction being low at the beginning, but increasing from in intermediate point in time was evaluated as “ ⁇ ”
  • the grease having the coefficient of friction being constantly high was evaluated as “x”.
  • the commercially sold grease 3 in which the base oil had a very high viscosity was evaluated as “x”
  • the samples 1 , 2 and the commercially sold grease 1 , 2 were evaluated as “ ⁇ ”.
  • the sample 5 was evaluated as “ ⁇ - ⁇ ”
  • the samples 3 , 4 were evaluated as “ ⁇ ”.
  • the inventors evaluated the case generating unusual noise in number of times of not larger than 30 (not larger than 1 in average/minute) to be “ ⁇ ”, the case generating unusual noise in number of times of not larger than 60 (not larger than 2 in average/minute) to be “ ⁇ ”, the case generating unusual noise in number of times of not larger than 90 (not larger than 3 in average/minute) to be “ ⁇ ”, the case generating unusual noise in number of times of not larger than 120 (not larger than 4 in average/minute) to be “x”, and the case generating unusual noise in number of times of larger than 120 (larger than 4 in average/minute) to be “xx”.
  • any of the commercially sold greases 1 - 3 was evaluated as “x” or inferior.
  • the commercially sold grease 3 in which the base oil had a very high dynamic viscosity showed the test result inferior to those of the commercially sold greases 1 and 2 .
  • the samples 1 - 5 were used, the number of times of unusual noise generated was apparently reduced from that when the commercially sold greases 1 - 3 were used.
  • the occurrence of unusual noise can be suppressed by using the grease containing the base oil with the dynamic viscosity of 10-70 [mm 2 /s] at 40 [° C.].
  • the grease containing the base oil with the dynamic viscosity of 30-70 [mm 2 /s] at 40 [° C.] is especially preferable from the viewpoint of obtaining the satisfactory effect of suppressing the unusual noise.
  • the present invention is intended to limit the dynamic viscosity of the base oil exuding from the grease, whereas the viscosity of the grease itself is not limited to particular one.
  • the grease according to the present invention may be prepared in the form of a paste with adjustment of composition and coated by using, e.g., a spatula or poured through, e.g., a tube.
  • the grease may be diluted with a solvent and sprayed by using, e.g., a spray.
  • the slide bearing grease according to the first embodiment can also be applied to the oil-impregnated and sintered alloy-made bushing in which lubricating oil containing no solid lubricant is impregnated.
  • the present invention can also be applied to similar articulated portions in other various machines, such as construction machines, civil engineering machines, carrying machines, jacking machines, machine tools, and automobiles.

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