WS2's unique, extensively modified lamellar composition of Tungsten Disulfide outperforms other dry coating lubricants
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WS2 Outperforms All Other Dry Coating Lubricants
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WS2 is revolutionizing today's approach to lubrication by general industry. WS2's unique, extensively modified lamellar composition of Tungsten Disulfide outperforms other dry coating lubricants. Our proprietary process impinges a dry metallic coating without heat, binders or adhesives. The lubricant coating bonds instantly to any metal or resin substrate with a thickness of 0.5 microns (20 millionths). The WS2 Guarantee |
WS2 Dry lubricant Coating
WS2 (Tungsten Disulphide)was developed by NASA as a lubricant for the Mariner deep space probes where the high vacuum and temperature render conventional lubricants unsuitable. Since then it has found uses as a specialised engineering lubricant and in the plastics industry as a permanent (coated on) release agent.
The coating binds instantly to any metal or resin substrate with a thickness of 20 millionths of an inch.
The Mariner missions of the 196Os.and 197Os produced a wealth of information about Earth's neighboring planets -Venus, Mars, and Mercury. The Mariner family of unmanned spacecraft incorporated a great deal of what was then considered leading-edge technology advances in onboard power, scientific instrumentation, communications, and imaging/data transmission systems. Among these innovations was an unsung technology: a dry film lubricant developed for NASA by Stanford University. It offered markedly reduced friction and extended wearlife of mating parts operating in harsh interplanetary environments, where temperatures ranged from well below zero to 5OO degrees Fahrenheit.
WS2 - Problem Solver for the Plastics Industry
Many plastic injection moulders and toolmakers are finding WS2 low-friction surface treatment the answer to their release, flow and pick-up problems.
Indeed, the number of tools where production was either difficult or impossible being transformed by WS2 to a working condition continues to increase.
Many moulders are specifying WS2 on new tools as a means of cutting the time spent on 'getting the tool working' while reducing production 'down time' and cycle-times to a minimum.
WS2 is used on plastic injection moulds as a permanent release agent and 'coated-on' lubricant. WS2 is finding particular usage with unscrewing cores, injection mould cavities and cores, inserts, knife blades for film cutting, blow moulding, head tooling, clean room moulding operations, hot runner valve gear and enhancement of flow-in moulds with filing problems. When used on stainless steels it can eliminate pickup and galling on metal-on-metal sliding parts.