electroless nickel plated bushing
electroless nickel plated bushing
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Would a steel shaft and bushing (with grease) that are both electoless nickel plated have a tendency to gall? I'd prefer to plate both parts to increase the hardness and hopefully reduce wear on both of them, but if galling is a problem, I can do one part only.





RE: electroless nickel plated bushing
EN has a excellent lubricity and also a very good affinity for oil and grease, so that's one up.
We ran a lot of EN in high wear applications but I don't remember any self-mated couples other that on instance of run EN vs EN+Teflon in an air bearing. This was an effort to get away from tool steel parts. I don't know the outcome.
RE: electroless nickel plated bushing
RE: electroless nickel plated bushing
RE: electroless nickel plated bushing
RE: electroless nickel plated bushing
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