scope:

This handbook establishes design guides for selection of lubricant fluids and compounds which conform to approved specifications and includes descriptive information relative to shipboard equipment applications, and limitations of the lubricants. Materials used only during normal overhaul of shipboard equipment are not within the scope of this handbook. Materials used only for corrosion protection have been excluded from this handbook. Design and lubrication requirements for military electronic equipment are established in accordance with MIL-STD-454.