Industrial Lubricants

United States wind operations and annual maintenance spending is expected to increase by 50 percent from 2018 to more than $7.5 billion by 2030, accor ...

Master Fluid Solutions opened a metalworking fluids production facility outside of Istanbul in Tulza, mainly serving the aerospace and defense industr ...

Aerospace Lubricants is nearing completion on an expansion to add 10 million pounds of grease production capacity at its plant in Columbus, Ohio, to h ...

New techniques, technologies and trends suggest the metalworking fluids market is entering a period of change. One company shares how its preparing fo ...

A how-to guide for using bench tests to select the right grease for your heavy mining equipment.

Extending service life for metalworking fluids seems like a win, but potential pitfalls lurk for uneducated operators.

A Sticky Situation

November 20, 2019

Can a new test replace the discontinued P-47 specification guarding against stick-slip in slideway oils?

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, Cosans Moove lubricants segment and Quaker Chemical each reported net losses, while Milacrons Fluid Technologies ...

Axel Christiernsson AB announced on Monday a multi-million dollar expansion and improvement plan across its three grease plants in the United States, ...

Gear Oils Gain Efficiency

October 22, 2019

A new polyether hybrid base stock hopes to bridge the gap between compatibility and performance in the synthetic fluid lineup.

The budding 3-D printing industry has the potential to disrupt the lubricants industry by lessening or virtually eliminating the need for metalworking ...

Perrysburg, Ohio-based Master Fluid Solutions announced on Oct. 7 the acquisition of German metalworking fluids manufacturer Wilhelm Dietz GmbH, sayin ...

Master Fluid Solutions announced on Oct. 7 the acquisition of German metalworking fluids manufacturer Wilhelm Dietz GmbH, saying it will enable produc ...

The types of metals used in wide ranges of products have evolved in recent years, trending toward greater use of alloys and new kinds of alloys, and t ...

Lubricant and grease production plants can improve efficiency and profitability by digitalizing their operations, an industry insider said at a confer ...

The Environmental Protection Agency issued significant new use rules on Sept. 18 under the Toxic Substances Control Act that approve pre-manufacture n ...

Contradictory Compatibility

September 17, 2019

Different grease compatibility charts often present conflicting information, putting end users and their equipment at risk.

Studying a new type of viscosity modifier led to a valuable discovery about fluid flow in hydraulic systems.

Quaker Houghton announced Aug. 29 that it agreed to acquire the four operating divisions of United Kingdom-based Norman Hay plc for 80 million. This i ...

Nouryon announced Aug. 27 that it will double capacity at its surfactants plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, through a 12-million expansion and upgrade sch ...