Damping grease can be a cost effective engineering tool to control the motion, noise and tactile feel of moving parts. Designers and manufacturers use damping greases as an economical way to build fine tolerances into their products.
The ‘velvet feel’ and virtually silent operation of the focusing mechanisms on microscopes, zoom lenses and other optical instruments is often due to the use of a damping grease. Also the fact that and optical lens doesn’t continue to ‘coast’ when the focus mechanism is stopped can also be the result of a damping grease applied to the focusing threads. Synthetic damping grease can also be used with many mechanical and electrical items/components; generally damping grease is more relevant (but not limited to) any customer operated components such as electronic controls like potentiometers where there is a need to ensure smooth, quiet, controlled motion and make very precise settings possible by hand.
Please take a look at the various damping grease related articles below, including test videos, theory and product selection help.
A satisfied customer sent us some footage of how a damping grease improved the performance and characteristics of their radio controller, specifically the small joy sticks or rather the two axis gimbal. Damping grease has a number of uses but often is utilised as a grease is a cost effective…
Manufacturers use a damping grease in their device or component for one or more of the following reasons – motion control, haptic feel (quality feel) and noise reduction. When product designers are faced with reducing cost without sacrificing quality, a motion control damping grease can be a valuable tool and…
This is our damping grease trial pack. It’s a great kit for engineering professionals and hobbyists alike, to test or evaluate a damping grease in their design. We originally thought this trial pack would be aimed at engineers in a prototyping stage of a new product development, but it’s just…
In the video featured on this page we are going to try and explain the benefits of damping grease using these nuts and bolts. Some of the benefits experienced by using a damping grease are haptic and so it’s obviously very difficult to convey the advantages or demonstrate improvements on…
We can help you switch over using a Nye Lubricants damping grease to a TSE damping grease now that we are no longer able to offer the Nye damping grease range. TriboScience & Engineering (TSE) are our new synthetic lubricant manufacturing partner. TSE have an excellent range of damping grease,…
Designers and manufacturers have used damping greases for more than 50 years as an economical way to build fine tolerances into their products. The “velvet feel” and virtually silent operation of the focusing mechanisms on microscopes, zoom lenses on 35mm cameras, and other optical instruments, and the fact that the…
A prospective customer got in contact seeking an alternative to the now discontinued Rocol® Kilopoise™ damping grease. The application was the opening mechanism of a photo scanner feed table; the customer being a company that specialises in the service and refurbishment of photo scanners. The feed table opening mechanism relies…
Sometimes it can be smaller than a grain of sand. Manufacturing equipment in Vacuum and cleanroom environments are so sensitive that even microscopic particulates can cause product failure. In a bearing, for example, any particle that acts like a ‘speed bump’ in the motion of the bearing, no matter how…
Our Nyogel 767A damping grease is a firm favourite of flight simulator computer game enthusiasts, it seems that a high viscosity damping grease is the ideal product to improve the simulator experience by improving the movement and tactile feel of flight simulator joysticks and throttle controllers; sometimes theses systems are…
If you are looking for an alternative to the now discontinued Rocol® Kilopoise™ 0868 damping grease products, we can assist. We don’t know all the details of the Kilopoise formula, our advice is based on a good number of enquiries from customers looking to find an alternative and the resulting…
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