b'1310 Ready: READYSinterlubeFINAL20058/3/1111:08 AMPage 2SinterLubeREADYIntroductionSinterLube-The No Maintenance, Self-Lubricating BushingAfter years of research and manufacturing process development, READYTechnology proudly announces its latest and most dramatic contribution to ourindustrythe SinterLubeAlloy Bushing. This revolutionary product requiresno lubrication during production, yet it maintains its initial geometry and under-goes negligible wear, even after millions of press cycles.SinterLubedelivers what no other bushing can:1. SinterLubedoesnt merely claim to be self-lubricating, it truly isself-lubricating, and it doesnt abrade or close in on the guide pinlike ordinary graphite plug bushings.2. SinterLubehas a tolerance comparable to precision guiding asopposed to the liberal tolerance of ordinary graphite plug bushings.3. Unlike the competition, with SinterLube , theres virtually no wear,even in the toughest applications.Simply put, SinterLubeoutperforms the competition. Try SinterLubefor yourselfand discover why this revolutionary bushing should become the standard foryour tooling.The Secret of SinterLubeOur key breakthrough in developing the product was the discovery of an alloyComparison Life Tests(Bushings Run Simultaneously in Test Fixture) material having good sliding lubricity and hardness, which we then added to thebronze powder of our sintered bushings. Properly combined, the dispersed particles.060 Measurement of Wear of the alloy remain disconnected to the bronze micro structure when sintered, provid-Bronze with .050 Graphite Plugs ing lubricity and hardness without harming the mechanical properties of the bronze040 This results in a wear resistant micro structure which outperformed every competitorsWEAR (F) TEMPERATURE .020 bushing we tested030.010 SinterLubeTMBushing The graph (left) compares the performance of a commercially available bronze0 127 163 238 317 365 392 446 467 536 591 700 828 942 1068 1179 1205 bushing with graphite plugs to our SinterLube Bushing. We life tested both bushingsTHOUSANDS OF CYCLESat the same time; they were mounted in a split punch holder and forced apart by a300 Measurement of Heat gas spring so that the lateral force on each bushing was identical. We gave the250 SinterLubeBushing a single application of lubricant at the start of the test and noBronze with 200 Graphite Plugs lubricant thereafter.150 SinterLubeTM Once the press had cycled over 1.2 million strokes we stopped the test and exam-100 Bushing ined the bushing. Many of the graphite plugs of the competitors bushing had extrud-50 127 163 238 317 365 392 446 467 536 591 700 828 942 1068 1179 ed, and the inside diameter had grown by .053. The guide pillar literally rattled in1205THOUSANDS OF CYCLES the bushing hole. The inside diameter of the SinterLubeBushing was smooth andSinterLubeBushings wear less and run cooler than had grown only .001. As you can see from the graph, the SinterLubeBushing ranordinary graphite plug bushings. about 100F cooler than the graphite plug bushing throughout the test, showing bet-ter lubricity.2'