Solid Lubricants

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Squeezing Out Dusty Lubes

April 1, 2020

Cold extrusion lubricants can kick up a lot of dust. A replacement for zinc stearate powders may be able to clear the ai ...

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Lubricant Coatings Cut Friction and Noise

May 23, 2016

Design changes made to create a quiet, comfortable environment for drivers and passengers allow new noises to be heard w ...

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Toyo Drilube Expands in Indochina

March 3, 2015

Japans Toyo Drilube will expand its facility in Vietnam in April and consolidate its two facilities in Thailand by June ...

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Lubrication Made Solid

May 27, 2014

Standard greases and lubricants can easily handle most ball or roller bearing applications. But more demanding environme ...

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Getting Moly-fied

May 22, 2014

Long prized by grease formulators as extreme-pressure agents, molybdenum is increasingly tapped for its friction-easing ...

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Engineering a Quiet Ride

May 1, 2014

Antifriction coatings help reduce interior car noise and provide a soft, silky feel to controls. And they last for the l ...

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Pastes Poised for Growth

April 25, 2014

Lubricating pastes may be a low-volume category, but where used they solve tricky problems such as heavy loads and poten ...

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Acheson Colloids Huron Plant to Close

August 12, 2009

Henkel last week informed the 89 employees at Acheson Colloids Port Huron, Mich., plant that the site will close at the ...

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More Moly from Chile

November 28, 2007

Xstrata Coppers North Chile Division on Monday announced commencement of feasibility studies on an expansion that would ...

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Moly Drilling Project Under Way in Ontario

August 29, 2007

MetalCorp Ltd. last week announced the start of drilling at its Playter molybdenum-silver project on the western end of ...

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Mount Hope Moly Project Moves Ahead

June 14, 2006

Idaho General Mines Inc. announced Monday that it has filed a plan of operations with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management ...