SOLID STICK COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING VINYL ESTER

摘要

A solid stick composition for use on steel surfaces that are in sliding o r rolling-sliding contact. The solid stick composition comprises a vinyl est er resin, for example, from about 20 to about 80 weight percent vinyl ester resin, a solid lubricant, for example from about 0 to about 80 weight percen t lubricant, and optionally a friction modifier, for example from about 0 to about 40% weight percent friction modifier, or a combination of a solid lub ricant and a friction modifier. The solid stick comprises at least one of th e lubricant or the friction modifier. A method of controlling friction betwe en a metal surface and a second metal surface by applying the solid stick co mposition to one or more than one of the metal surfaces is also disclosed as well as a method of reducing lateral force in a rail system comprising appl ying the solid stick composition onto a wheel or rail surface.