Hi guys,
I designed a friction-based blocking system. The system basically consists of a shoulder bolt rubbing in a slotted plastic piece. The plastic is Nylatron GSM, and the shoulder bolt is standard steel.
The system works well, except after a certain amount of cycles, there's a very annoying squeaking sound coming from the friction between the plastic slot and the shoulder bolt. I put Jig-A-Loo on the shoulder bolt and the squeaking disappeared, but only for some time. The problem is that I can't tell the customers to put jig-a-loo in there every time it squeaks! I have to use food-grade grease, but I don't want to cause it would decrease the friction force a lot plus it would gather dust...
I cannot change the plastic and ran out of ideas for stopping this squeaking.
Does anyone of you guys could help me?
Thanks a lot
I designed a friction-based blocking system. The system basically consists of a shoulder bolt rubbing in a slotted plastic piece. The plastic is Nylatron GSM, and the shoulder bolt is standard steel.
The system works well, except after a certain amount of cycles, there's a very annoying squeaking sound coming from the friction between the plastic slot and the shoulder bolt. I put Jig-A-Loo on the shoulder bolt and the squeaking disappeared, but only for some time. The problem is that I can't tell the customers to put jig-a-loo in there every time it squeaks! I have to use food-grade grease, but I don't want to cause it would decrease the friction force a lot plus it would gather dust...
I cannot change the plastic and ran out of ideas for stopping this squeaking.
Does anyone of you guys could help me?
Thanks a lot