What has made lithium so important to the grease industry for so many decades has been its versatility. As demand for this jack-of-all-trades thickener intensifies because of the electric vehicle battery boom, it’s time to explore other substances and maybe pull a few older technologies back into the fore again.
In part two of this two-part podcast, Dennis Eijdenberg from Axel Christiernsson talks to Trevor Gauntlett about the numerous alternatives to this key metal in grease making. Their conversation outlines some of their benefits as well as pitfalls of a variety of thickeners. While some older technologies deserve to stay in the past, others are getting a new look as the search for alternatives continues.
Axel Christiernsson is the largest manufacturer of lubricating greases in the world, and the company invests significant resources in developing greases using this jack-of-all-trades thickener and its alternatives.
