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A Solid Concept for Bearing Lubrication

Lube Report Asia - June 6, 2017

In instances of extreme or especially demanding operating environments, conventional lubricants for ball or rolling bear ...

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Maximizing Profits: Fuels or Base Oils

January 17, 2017

Lubricant base oil plants generally improve the overall revenue for a refinery but also raise operating expenses. The ne ...

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Building on a Naphthenic Base

August 16, 2016

About 9 percent of global base oil capacity is dedicated to making naphthenic oils. Do these oils really have a future, ...

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Marketing Gets Personal

July 5, 2016

For decades, motor oil marketers got by with just two segment strategies: one for customers who changed their own engine ...

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Global Lubricant Demand Flattens Out

January 19, 2016

While growing availability of high-performance base stocks is driving a move towards higher quality lubricants, both bas ...

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Additives Boost Fuel Economy

December 29, 2015

Protecting engine parts with surface-active additives is critical to improving fuel economy, and may be a revolution in ...

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New Weapons Fight Counterfeits

December 1, 2015

Anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies come with costs, but proponents say lubricant marketers should balance them a ...

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Foam Control Gets New Tools

November 3, 2015

Foam in manufacturing and technical processes can be good or bad. In some cases it is helpful, but in others - such as m ...

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GHS Brings Costs, Consequences for Packagers

July 14, 2015

The United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is sure to bring vital b ...

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Oxidation: Tough Challenge for Heavy-duty Oils

May 19, 2015

With commercial vehicle demand booming, especially in developing nations, the Asia-Pacific region needs better quality h ...

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Demand Sprouts for Ester Lubes

April 14, 2015

Although global lubricants demand is consistently flat, ester-based lubricants will grow at an average rate of 6 percent ...

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Cleanliness Extends Lube, Equipment Life

January 20, 2015

Being mindful of the basic cleanliness of machinery will assure longer life for lubricants and the equipment it flows th ...

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The Contributions of Additives

December 30, 2014

Formulators use a wide range of chemicals to perform the long list of jobs assigned to lubricant additives. Todays engin ...

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Rolling Oils Aid Production of Sheet Metal

November 25, 2014

Sheet metals and foils surround us these days - from the exterior panels of automobiles to beverage cans, from metal sto ...

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Damping Compounds Bring Quiet

November 11, 2014

Consumer perceptions and expectations of quality have risen considerably in the past several years. Nowhere is this more ...

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VI Improvers: Helping Lubes Flow

October 21, 2014

Many consider viscosity the most important property of a lubricant. If so, how do formulators control it? The answer: of ...

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Whats The Prescription For White Oils?

September 2, 2014

Prized for their use in medicinal applications and increasingly impacted by regulatory standards, white oils are facing ...