FYI - Teflon against Teflon has a co-efficient of friction that is .04.
Teflon running against steel (or almost any hard surface) has a
co-efficient of friction of .04. Yep, there's NO difference. Actually
the Teflon rubs off on the opposing surface leaving a Teflon against
Teflon running surface no matter what opposing material you use. The
opposing surface should be hard and smooth though, for example, aluminum
would work just fine. I also believe there's now a Teflon impregnated
with molybdenum disulfide that has an even lower co-efficient.
There's also many other materials, such as Delrin, than are
available with impregnated ingredients that lower the friction
co-efficient and the co-efficient approaches that of Teflon while these
other materials provide greater wear resistance.
How do I know ? I came from an industry that used these materials to
improve their products. I was an engineer that did the research to find
them.
Richard
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, LeRoy C Cordes <lcordes@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks for the answer, Bill. Thinking about it I wondered if I
shouldn't
> be using more than one of them.
>
> ALSO - it's great that someone, FINALLY, released the secret to being
a
> record holder <VBG>
>
> LeRoy Cordes
> AMA 16974
> Chicago, IL
> In God We Trust
>
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:02:45 -0400 "Bill Gowen" b.gowen_at_...
> writes:
> > Not from Tom but an answer anyway!
> >
> >
> > Having adopted the 2 washer plan, I now possess National Records in
> > all the classes I fly at all ceiling heights.
> > (this is a joke)
>
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