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What does antiwear mean?

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Adjective
  1. Preventing mechanical wear.
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The DTE PM Series oils provide excellent resistance to oxidation and thermal degradation, exceptional protection against rust and corrosion, and a high level of antiwear performance.
These are high quality fluids exhibit controlled low-temperature flow properties and balanced antiwear protection for high-pressure vane and piston pumps.
It also contains an effective antiwear additive which provides the high level of extreme pressure properties shown by the typical Timken Test OK load of 20 kg.
Such was the case with reduction of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, or ZDDP, an antiwear additive that is known to impair pollution control systems.
They meet or exceed the requirements for all types of gear, vane, and piston pumps where the application requires a shear-stable antiwear hydraulic oil.
This degradation causes the additives to evolve from their original chemical compounds into chemical byproducts that may no longer be suitable for antiwear protection.

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