Grease design strategies for electric vehicles

With a rapid shift in our society to e-mobility, novel grease formulations for machine efficiency, reliability, and availability are even more important than ever. Greases are expected to provide low friction and noise while extending the machine service life. Whether the grease should be electrically conductive or not remains a subject of debate. The chapter discusses grease architecture and how to tune it in view of the latest and upcoming specification requirements. Selection strategies for base oils, thickeners, and additives are discussed. Integrating these components in the final formulation is a delicate process of balancing required properties that can be contradictory. Grease testing methods are addressed reflecting the need for complementary characterization of grease energy efficiency, conductivity, and protection against fretting. The arguments are made in connection to the representative transmission components.
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