Contact lubricants from Electrolube

Contact lubricants increase the reliability and lifetime of all current carrying metal interfaces. These include switches, connectors and busbars.

A wide range of products is available covering all common applications, whilst a program of continual development provides speciality products for ever-changing customer needs.

Manufactured as tenacious greases and oils, products are available for consistent operation at extremes of temperature and with sensitive plastics that are normally attacked by traditional lubricants.

The use of a suitable contact lubricant will solve the problems of wear, poor signal quality, inconsistent operation and allow the use of less expensive materials. The choice of lubricant can also allow the ‘feel` characteristics of the switch to be optimised.

Electrolube products are electrically insulative in thick films, preventing tracking. In ultra thin films, i.e. between closed metal contacts, they allow consistent current flow, owing to the ‘Quantum Tunnelling Effect`. They also exhibit a neutral pH thereby avoiding surface corrosion.

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