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Industrial Lubricants
Industrial lubricants are used in a large variety of equipments and applications. This deals
with all types of products destined for the lubrication of industrial machines, such as
hydraulic systems, turbines, compressors, bearings, open and closed gears, machine tool
slideway, pneumatic tools and industrial transmissions. In all these categories, the one
which has the most volumes is represented by the hydraulic oils. Usually these hydraulic
fluids are containing anti-wear additives to minimize wear of the pumps. In general, the
addition of additives in industrial lubricants, except for products with special applications,
is not very high (maximum 5%), but the choice of the proportion of additive is fundamental
to the achievement of certain particular performance.

Apart from the chemical/physical requirements on these products, the most important requirement criteria on
industrial lubricants have been specified in ISO/DIN standards. In addition, each manufacturer, component or machine
has its own specific requirements (EATON VICKERS, DAVID BROWN, DENISON, ALSTHOM, SIEMENS etc.) that prescribe
additional tribological laboratory tests (e.g. friction and wear) or tests that simulate practical conditions.

Industrial lubricants too are also composed of mixtures of carefully matched components, the "base oils" and
"additives", which combine to determine behaviour when in use, both in terms of performance and longer life.

Base Oils
Base Oils
represent the predominant component in the majority of lubricants. The finished product may contain from
70% to 99% base oil. The quality of base oils is closely linked to the type of crude oil and the process used. The base
oils can be of different natures:

Minerals Oils

Mix of hydrocarbons obtained from crude by a conventional refinery process or by a standard hydrogenation process.
Products of a different viscosity within the distilling process are called "cuts".

The number of "cuts" and relative viscosity properties depend on the manufacturer and type of process. The following
oils are normally produced:

a very fluid stock (SN 80 ÷ 100 or spindle)

a fluid stock (SN 125 ÷ 170 typically 150)
a medium stock (SN 350 ÷ 600)
a BrightStock (BS 150 ÷ 200)

Non-conventional base oils

Distillates obtained from petroleum stocks by general refining processes and chemical/physical after-treatment (HC

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method).

Synthetic base oils

All base types obtained by synthetic processes. Obtained by oligomerization and hydrogenation of olefins, they are of
higher quality than HC products.

Additives
Additives are substances that are added to a lubricant's formulation to achieve defined behaviours in use.

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