FALEX FOUR BALL EP

This test machine measures a lubricant’s extreme pressure properties under High Hertzian contact in pure sliding, or pure rolling, motion. The test is used tondetermine the load carrying properties of a lubricant at high test loads.

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 Standards and methods

  • ASTM D 2596 - Standard Test Method for Measurement of Extreme-Pressure Properties of Lubricating Grease (Four-Ball Method)
  • ASTM D 2783 - Standard Test Method for Measurement of Extreme-Pressure Properties of Lubricating Fluids (Four-Ball Method)
  • CEC L-45-A-99 - Viscosity Shear Stability of Transmission Lubricants (Taper Roller Bearing Rig)
  • IP 239 - Determination of Extreme Pressure and Anti-wear Properties of Lubricants - Four Ball Machine Method
  • IP 300 (obsolete) - Rolling Contact Fatigue Test for Fluids in a Modified Four-Ball Machine
  • DIN 51350-1 - Testing of lubricants; testing in the Shell-four-ball tester, general working principles
  • DIN 51350-2 - Testing of lubricants; testing in the Shell-four-ball tester, determination of welding load of fluid lubricants
  • DIN 51350-4 - Testing of lubricants; testing by the Shell four-ball tester; determination of welding load of consistent lubricants
  • DIN 51350-6 - Determination of shear stability of polymer-containing lubricating oils by the Shell Four-Ball tester