Abstract: A thickened grease composition is provided by process of heating a mineral oil and 12-hydroxystearic acid with lithium hydroxide and forming a simple lithium grease to which at least one component selected from the group comprising succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, 6-hydroxycaproic acid, dimethyl succinate, dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate, methyl hydroxycaproate, cyclohexanediols, methyl 5-hydroxyvalerate, methyl valerate, gamma butyrolactone, and methyl levulinate or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A lubricating grease composition for extreme pressure applications requiring extended lubrication intervals comprises a major amount of a lubricating base oil; a lithium complex thickener; and a polar compound selected from the group consisting of a rust inhibitor, a non-ionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof; wherein the concentration of the polar compound in the lubricating grease composition is no more than 0.5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the lubricating grease composition.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition contains: (A) organopolysiloxane; and (B) at least one of a sulfur compound, a phosphorus compound and a zinc compound, the lubricating oil composition having a kinematic viscosity not less than 1 mm2/s and less than 40.0 mm2/s at 100 degrees C. The lubricating oil composition is favorably usable in mechanical devices such as a hydraulic device, a stationary gear, an automobile transmission, a motor/battery cooling device and a joint.

Abstract: An improved lubricant for use with a conveyor in a meat packing plant meeting the requirements of (1) adequate lubricity, (2) “drip-resistance,” (3) safety, (4) rust resistance, (5) economy of manufacture and use, and (6) the ability to be removed by cleaning methods is provided by preparing a mixture of mineral oil, a fatty acid, a silicone oil, and a polybutene, each being acceptable for incidental contact with food, in certain minimum amounts and increasing the amounts of one or more of said components such that the improved lubricant has a viscosity of 20-160 centipoise. A method of improving a lubricant for use on a conveyor in a meat packing plant and a method of lubricating the conveyor are also disclosed.

Abstract: An improved lubricant for use with a conveyor in a meat packing plant meeting the requirements of (1) adequate lubricity, (2) “drip-resistance,” (3) safety, (4) rust resistance, (5) economy of manufacture and use, and (6) the ability to be removed by cleaning methods is provided by preparing a mixture of mineral oil, a fatty acid, a silicone oil, and a polybutene, each being acceptable for incidental contact with food, in certain minimum amounts and increasing the amounts of one or more of said components such that the improved lubricant has a viscosity of 20-160 centipoise. A method of improving a lubricant for use on a conveyor in a meat packing plant and a method of lubricating the conveyor are also disclosed.

Abstract: A highly branched functionalized silicone backbone lubricating fluid which provides exceptionally low traction, a method of lowering traction coefficients in lubricating compositions, and to uses of such compositions.

Abstract: The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a mixture of a water-miscible silicone material and a water-miscible lubricant. The mixture can be applied in relatively low amounts, to provide thin, substantially non-dripping lubricating films. In contrast to dilute aqueous lubricants, the lubricants of the invention provide drier lubrication of the conveyors and containers, a cleaner conveyor line and reduced lubricant usage, thereby reducing waste, cleanup and disposal problems.

Abstract: Dry film lubricant coatings are provided by using a silicone resin binder, either as an aqueous emulsion or in a solvent-based system, to fix an alkaline earth metal fluoride to a substrate. The compositions used to apply the coatings may also include relatively minor amounts of xylene, ammonium benzoate, a wetting agent, and/or a porosity-inducing agent—although none of those additives remains in the cured coating. Multi-layer dry film lubricant coatings are also disclosed, with the multi-layer coating having a basecoat layer as described above, and a topcoat layer made of a layer-lattice solid such as graphite or molybdenum disulfide, and a silicone resin, aluminum phosphate or an alkali metal silicate binder.

Abstract: A method for preparing dispersions of solid salts of fatty acids in low polarity liquids where a concentrated mixture of at least 50 percent of the solid salts of fatty acids in a low polarity liquid is subjected to high shearing forces, until the average particle size of the solid salts of fatty acids is less than 3 micron. The dispersion may then be diluted with the low polarity liquid to a lower concentration. The solid salt of the fatty acid is most preferably magnesium stearate, and the low polarity liquid is preferably a polydimethylsiloxane fluid having a viscosity of less than 100 centistoke (mm2/s).

Abstract: Dry film lubricant coatings are provided by using a silicone resin binder, either as an aqueous emulsion or in a solvent-based system, to fix an alkaline earth metal fluoride to a substrate. The compositions used to apply the coatings may also include relatively minor amounts of xylene, ammonium benzoate, a wetting agent, and/or a porosity-inducing agent—although none of those additives remains in the cured coating.

Abstract: A water-free composition for treating the walls of a die for original shaping or reshaping contains up to 30% of a polyolefin and/or paraffin wax and at least 70% of oil, where the oil is a silicone oil, a synthetic oil, a vegetable oil, a mineral oil, or a blend of several such oils. To produce a water-free composition according to the invention, one or more waxes are mixed with the oil or oils and any additives desired until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. The water-free release/lubricating agents according to the invention are used especially to treat the walls of a die for shaping or reshaping.

Abstract: A substantially mineral oil-free aqueous composition useful either as is or to produce a dry lubricant film, the composition consisting essentially of water; a silicone oil, a vegetable oil or a mixture thereof; at least one waxy film-forming material selected from at least two of the following three groups: (a) saturated C.sub.10 -C.sub.24 aliphatic monohydric alcohols, (b) saturated C.sub.10 -C.sub.24 aliphatic monocarboxylic acids, and (c) saturated or monounsaturated C.sub.10 -C.sub.24 aliphatic primary amides; an extreme pressure agent; and an anionic surfactant; nonionic surfactant or mixture thereof capable of stably dispersing the oil and film-forming mixture in the water.

Abstract: A substantially mineral oil-free aqueous composition useful to produce a dry lubricant film comprising water; a silicone oil, a vegetable oil or a mixture thereof; at least one waxy film-forming material selected from at least two of the following three groups: (a) saturated C.sub.10 -C.sub.24 aliphatic monohydric alcohols, (b) saturated C.sub.10 -C.sub.24 aliphatic monocarboxylic acids, and (c) saturated or monounsaturated C.sub.10 -C.sub.24 aliphatic primary amides; and an anionic surfactant; nonionic surfactant or mixture thereof capable of stably dispersing the oil and film-forming mixture in the water.

Abstract: An aqueous-based cutting fluid for machining photoreceptor substrates contains:(A) at least one antioxidant;(B) one or more surfactants, at least one of which is a polysiloxane surfactant;(C) at least one lubricant; and(D) water.The cutting fluid can also optionally contain one or more biocides. The cutting fluid is environmentally safe, non-toxic and biodegradable and can be removed in a postmachining cleaning process using only high quality distilled water.