Provided is a technique capable of exhibiting high seizure resistance even if a scratch is formed. The sliding member of the present invention is a sliding member including a base layer and a resin coating layer formed on the base layer, wherein the resin coating layer is formed of a polyamide-imide resin as a binder, barium sulfate particles, molybdenum disulfide particles having an average particle diameter which is 1.0 time or more and 2.8 times or less the average particle diameter of the barium sulfate particles, and unavoidable impurities.

Anti-friction composite material having: (A) polyimide substrate and (B) a coating layer containing a binder resin and a solid lubricant.

A solid lubricating coating film is used to realize galling resistance equal to or higher than a method using a dope compound regarding lubrication characteristics during make-up/break-out of oil country tubular goods. A threaded joint for oil country tubular goods includes a box having a thread and a pin having a male thread. A lubricating coating film including a solid lubricating coating film forms on a tightening surface of a thread portion of at least one component of the box and pin, the solid lubricating coating film is formed by dispersing a solid lubricant in a binder resin, 90 wt % or more of the binder resin is a polyamideimide resin, an average molecular weight of the polyamideimide resin is 20,000 or more and 40,000 or less, 80 wt % or more of the solid lubricant is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and an average molecular weight of the PTFE is 30,000 or less.

A coating composition for a lubricating coating film includes: (A) a phenolic resin; (B) an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of 600 to 4000; and (C) at least one type of solid lubricant. The epoxy equivalent weight is generally defined by the number average molecular weight per the number of epoxy groups in a single molecule. The coating composition has a weight ratio of component (A) to the total weight of component (A) and component (B) of at least 50 weight %. A lubricating coating film, formed from the coating composition, has a high level of flexibility on surfaces of various base materials.

Provided is a sliding member, method for manufacturing sliding member, and compressor swash plate using sliding member in which adhesion between the substrate and the resin is enhanced, and which has the excellent durability whereby peeling of the resin film from the substrate does not occur due to prolonged sliding even under harsh load conditions. The sliding member provides a substrate irradiated laser light with energy intensity per unit area of 0.053 J/mm.sup.2 or more and configured an uneven part formed toward a vertical direction by the irradiated laser light and a melted and solidified portion on the uneven part and a resin film including solid lubricant and a binder resin on the substrate.

The use of a sliding material, which consists of more than 60 wgt.-% PTFE, in a slide bearing for buildings, comprising two bearing elements, which are movably guided toward each other in the slide bearing within a relative motion region of the bearing elements, wherein a slide element made of the sliding material is fixed in position to a first of the two bearing elements and arranged between the bearing elements such that it is in sliding contact with the second of the two bearing elements within the entire relative motion region of the two bearing elements toward each other. In the case of implementation of the slide bearing for an area of application in which the bearing elements are subjected to a totalled slide path toward each other of more than 20,000 m at a pressing force against each other of more than MPa over the entire slide path, wherein the sliding material consists of 10 wgt.-% to 40 wgt.-% polyimide, particularly 15 wgt.-% to 25 wgt.-% polyimide, and the sliding material has such material properties that, in the case of a long-term sliding friction test carried out according to D.6.2 of the standard EN 1337-2:2004, solely with the variations that the long-term sliding friction test is carried out over a totalled slide path of more than 20,000 m and that a contact pressure for the sliding material of more than 60 MPa, particularly 90 MPa is applied, the requirements for the coefficients of friction thereof according to table 2 of the standard EN 1337-2:2004 are met.

A mixed powder for powder metallurgy having excellent green compact strength and ejectability is provided. The mixed powder for powder metallurgy includes an iron-based powder; and a copolymerized polyamide, in an amount of 0.3 to 2.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the iron-based powder, having a melting point of 80 C. to 120 C.

A sliding member (excluding that used for an image forming apparatus), which can maintain a satisfactory friction coefficient and reduce generation of a rubbing sound (noise) caused by a continuously sliding member, is provided. A component and a mechanical apparatus using the sliding member, and a method for reducing noise caused from a mechanical apparatus, are also provided. Additionally, a coating agent composition is provided for preparing the sliding member. The sliding member has a lubricating film contacting another member, wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra based on JIS B0601 (2001) of a surface of the lubricating film is from 0.01-1.0 m, and the lubricating film comprises 100 parts by mass of a coat-formable resin binder (A) and 5 to 200 parts by mass of a solid lubricant (B).

The invention concerns a threaded portion of a tubular element for a threaded tubular connection having an axis of revolution, the portion comprising a threading extending over its outer or inner peripheral surface, and a first sealing surface on the peripheral surface, the first sealing surface being capable of producing metal-metal interference with a corresponding second sealing surface belonging to a complementary threaded portion. The threading and the first sealing surface are coated with a metallic anti-galling layer wherein zinc (Zn) is the major element by weight, the metallic anti-galling layer being at least partially coated with a lubricant layer comprising a resin and a dry solid lubricant powder dispersed in the resin.

A particulate composite lubricant for powder metallurgy is provided. It includes: first discrete particles comprising Montan acid ester wax and at least one fatty amide wax including at least one of: a fatty primary monoamide wax and a fatty bisamide wax. In another embodiment, the particulate composite lubricant for powder metallurgy includes first discrete particles comprising Montan acid ester wax and second discrete particles comprising an organic, metal-free pulverulent lubricant selected from the group consisting of fatty bisamide waxes, fatty monoamide waxes, glycerides, Montan acid ester waxes, paraffin wax, polyolefines, polyamides, polyesters, and mixtures thereof, wherein the particulate composite lubricant comprises at least one fatty amide wax including at least one of a fatty monoamide wax and a fatty bisamide wax.