Technical Articles
Dupont Molykote has published these technical articles:
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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The problem was, the air wasn't the only thing being removed. Every time
the vibrators started up, they threw off grease needed to lubricate the
bearings. This caused excessive wear and premature...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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ST Services manufactures meter/mix dispensing equipment that their customers
use for molding silicone rubber medical products. Founded in 1995, they sell
about $1 million worth of equipment a year....
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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A U.S. food processing plant relies on a rotary screw compressor to provide
power for hand equipment throughout the plant. Mineral oils were originally
used as coolants
and lubricants with this...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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A U.S. food processing plant employs hydraulic drive systems to operate
"dumpers" in material handling applications throughout the facility. Mineral
oils were originally
used for lubrication and...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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The company makes a precast hollow-core concrete roofing/flooring
plank system with the trade name Flexicore™. The system is used in hotels,
motels, schools, prisons and other commercial...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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Lubrication technicians helped a chemicals manufacturer drive costs down
by solving a vacuum pump failure, increasing the pump's maintenance
intervals 15-fold and saving over $12,000 in related costs...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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Noble Drilling Corporation had unacceptable failure rates in stainless steel
threaded connections on its steerable rotary drilling equipment. Each time
the failed drilling sections required removal...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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Because conventional mineral oils are produced in a conventional refining
process, they contain a significant amount of "impurities." The high
percentage of impurities shortens the oil's service...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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To understand the advantages of this premium fluid, consideration should be
given to special demands of the application. In a rotary screw compressor,
the lubricant performs several difficult...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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Oil additives in convention mineral
oil reacted with process gases
causing oil sludging, corrosion and
pitting inside the vacuum casing
resulting in mean time between
failure of 42 days. Each failure...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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A national manufacturer of frozen, low-calorie meals was experiencing
problems with its conveyor chain in its frozen-food plant. The conventional
chain oil in use contained a tackifying agent, added...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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manufacturer
was using an ester-containing
extreme-pressure (EP) synthetic gear
oil in custom-built gearboxes on meat
slicing machines. The EP gear oil, which
came into close proximity with unpackaged...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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A U.S. manufacturer of smoked meats
and sausages was experiencing a high
degree of chain rusting and wear. This
was related to frequent wash-up. Water
emulsified with aromatics in the mineral
oil...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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Exposure to high levels of water
vapor in the air being removed from
a food processing chamber
caused
premature failure of the mineral oil
used to lubricate
the vacuum pump
under ordinary operating...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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increases in the use of modern, carbon-neutral and sustainable sources of energy. To reach this goal, renewable types of
energy are needed, and wind energy is expected to become the major contributor....
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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Tribology - the science and engineering
of interacting surfaces in relative
motion - is used to study effects of
different lubricants on friction and
wear. Starting with a discussion of
basic...
(Industrial Oils and Fluids)
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In his book, Friction and Wear of
Materials, Ernest Rabinowicz
estimated that roughly 70% of
reduction in equipment usefulness
over time results from machine surface
degradation caused by wear or...