Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable silicone composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups and at least one aryl group in a molecule, (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule, (C) an organopolysiloxane having at least one aryl group in a molecule and containing a metal atom selected from the group consisting of V, Ta, Nb and Ce, and (D) a hydrosilylation-reaction catalyst. The present invention can provide the curable silicone composition, which does not develop a crack by thermal aging and further can form a cured material that exhibits less yellowing.

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: The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a composition comprising a water-miscible silicone material wherein the composition has good wetting to polyethylene terephthalate surfaces. The compatibility of the lubricating composition with polyethylene terephthalate is increased because the wetting of the composition to polyethylene terephthalate is improved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a chain lubricant or belt lubricant, having a silicone oil, a multifunctional amine and at least one additive, selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, cationic and/or amphoteric surfactants as an emulsion in an aqueous phase. This is an amine selected from amine salts in which the cation comprises primary, secondary, tertiary and/or quaternary amines and the anion as an organic group has a molecular weight greater than 350, preferably greater than 400. The invention also relates to a method for the water-reduced lubrication of conveyor belts for bottles, cans, other containers and boxes, wherein said chain lubricant or belt lubricant is applied to the surface of the conveyor belt at intervals as an emulsion in an aqueous phase together with added water of less than 30 vol %, preferably less than 20 vol %. The invention also relates to the use for water-reduced lubrication of conveyor belts made of metal or plastic for a very broad field of applications.

Abstract: The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a composition comprising a water-miscible silicone material wherein the composition has good wetting to polyethylene terephthalate surfaces. The compatibility of the lubricating composition with polyethylene terephthalate is increased because the wetting of the composition to polyethylene terephthalate is improved.

Abstract: A method for lubricating the passage of a conveyor comprising applying an undiluted lubricant composition through non-energized nozzles to at least a portion of the conveyor, the lubricant composition comprising a silicone emulsion and a water-miscible lubricant, the lubricant composition having a viscosity of less than 40 centipoise when measured using a Brookfield viscometer with an RV2 spindle at a spindle speed of 20 RPM and the lubricant composition being substantially free of a triethanolamine salt of dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid.

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: A lubricant for conveyor chains of bottled products, set for lubricating through direct application without dilution and in a discontinual way, in prolonged intervals, leaving a layer or film on the surface of the conveyor chain. The lubricant is composed of an homogeneous mixture of one or more fluids of silicon such as emulsified polydimethylsiloxane; one or more fatty acids such as the oleic acid; one or more amines such as the tensoactive product derived from an ethoxylated amine; one or more hydrocarbons such as the white mineral oils; one or more emulsifiers such as the sorbitan monooleate; and one or more polyglycols such as the polyalkylene-glycol, and alternatively a microbicide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-soluble aluminium and aluminium alloys hot rolling composition comprising a base stock oil and, based on the total weight of the composition, from 1 to 80% by weight of a combination of: a monoester of a fatty acid with a polyol and a tetraester of a fatty acid with pentaerythritol; the weight monoester:tetraester ratio of said combination ranging from 1:20 to 10:1. The invention also relates to an oil-in-water emulsion, to a hot rolling process and to the use of the oil-in-water emulsion in a hot rolling process.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one polysiloxane in lubricant formulations for reducing friction between conveyor belts and the articles transported thereon. The invention also relates to lubricants containing other additives besides polysiloxane.

Abstract: Thermally formed thermoplastic articles can be protected from stress cracking in the presence of stress cracking promoting compounds by forming a shaped article comprising a thermoplastic and a liquid hydrocarbon oil composition. We have found that the liquid hydrocarbon oil composition prevents the stress cracking promoting materials from interacting with the polymeric structure of the stressed container to prevent or inhibit stress cracking in such materials. The methods and compositions of the invention are particularly useful in preventing stress cracking in polyethylene terephthalate beverage containers during bottling operations during which the bottle is contacted with aqueous and non-aqueous materials such as cleaners and lubricants that can interact with the polyester to cause stress cracking particularly in the container base.

Abstract: Thermally formed thermoplastic articles can be protected from stress cracking in the presence of stress cracking promoting compounds by forming a shaped article comprising a thermoplastic and a liquid hydrocarbon oil composition. We have found that the liquid hydrocarbon oil composition prevents the stress cracking promoting materials from interacting with the polymeric structure of the stressed container to prevent or inhibit stress cracking in such materials. The methods and compositions of the invention are particularly useful in preventing stress cracking in polyethylene terephthalate beverage containers during bottling operations during which the bottle is contacted with aqueous and non-aqueous materials such as cleaners and lubricants that can interact with the polyester to cause stress cracking particularly in the container base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-soluble aluminium and aluminium alloys hot rolling composition comprising a base stock oil and, based on the total weight of the composition, from 1 to 80% by weight of a combination of: a monoester of a fatty acid with a polyol and a tetraester of a fatty acid with pentaerythritol; the weight monoester:tetraester ratio of said combination ranging from 1:20 to 10:1. The invention also relates to an oil-in-water emulsion, to a hot rolling process and to the use of the oil-in-water emulsion in a hot rolling process.

Abstract: Thermally formed thermoplastic articles can be protected from stress cracking in the presence of stress cracking promoting compounds by forming a shaped article comprising a thermoplastic and a liquid hydrocarbon oil composition. We have found that the liquid hydrocarbon oil composition prevents the stress cracking promoting materials from interacting with the polymeric structure of the stressed container to prevent or inhibit stress cracking in such materials. The methods and compositions of the invention are particularly useful in preventing stress cracking in polyethylene terephthalate beverage containers during bottling operations during which the bottle is contacted with aqueous and non-aqueous materials such as cleaners and lubricants that can interact with the polyester to cause stress cracking particularly in the container base.

Abstract: Silicone organic blends for use as lubricating oils, hydraulic fluids, dielectric fluids, coolants, and in compressor or vacuum pump applications, have improved viscosity stability when the polydispersity of the silicone fluids used in these blends, i.e., their molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn), exceeds 1.5. The viscosity rise of the silicone organic blend is less than one centistoke (mm2/s) when aged 14 days in an oven at 100° C., compared to viscosity rises of about 1.3 to over 3.5 centistokes (mm2/s) for commercial silicone organic blends using silicone fluids with polydispersity less than 1.5.

Abstract: A grease for a bearing of a fan comprises a base oil selected from a various kinds of silicone oils having a viscosity of 30 to 500 mm2/s at 40 degree-C. and a viscosity of 30,000 mm2/s or less at −30 degree-C., and a diurea compound, as a thickening agent, at the compounding ratio of 2 to 30%-wt. The urea compound has a general formula of: R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3 wherein R2 indicates a tolylene group, a diphenylmethan group or a dimethylbiphenylene group, and R1 and R3 respectively indicate a straight chain saturated alkyl group having the number of carbon atoms of 6 to 18, and an alicyclic group, and wherein the ratio of the straight chain saturated alkyl group to the alicyclic group is within a range of 5 to 95 mol-% to 95 to 5%-mol. The grease maintains its properties suitable for use in a fan, and effectively restrict or prevent generation of hoot sound, while providing satisfactory durability and cost-effctiveness.

Abstract: Foamable, silicone oil compositions and methods of lubricating surfaces with such compositions. Compositions in accordance with the invention may be sprayed onto surfaces from aerosol canisters or other spray containers to form stable foams which do not run or drip, preferably for periods in excess of sixteen hours. A composition in accordance with the invention comprises an aqueous emulsion of a silicone oil. Oil-in-water emulsions of polysiloxanes, such as polydimethylsiloxane, having melting points no greater than about 32.degree. F. (0.degree. C.) are preferred. The composition further comprises a liquefiable gaseous propellant, preferably including a volatile liquid hydrocarbon or a mixture of volatile liquid hydrocarbons. The composition further comprises a solid, non-ionic lipophilic surfactant, preferably having an HLB value of about 3 to about 8, more preferably about 3.5 to about 6. Useful surfactants include fatty acid esters, fatty alcohol ethers and fatty acid amides.

Abstract: There is disclosed a composition which is particularly suited for lubricating the contact area between the guide pin and elastomeric bushing of a disc brake caliper assembly, said composition consisting essentially of:(A) 55 to 90 weight percent of a polydimethylsiloxane having a viscosity of at least 1,000 cS at 25.degree. C.;(B) 5 to 45 weight percent of a polytetrafluoroethylene powder;(C) 5 to 45 weight percent of melamine cyanurate;(D) 0.1 to 5 weight percent of an antioxidant; and(E) 0.1 to 5 weight percent of magnesium oxide.

Abstract: The lubricant composition of the present invention is characterized in that 1 ppm to 500 ppm of polysiloxane with a viscosity of 1,000 mm.sup.2 /s to 100,000 mm.sup.2 /s at 40.degree. C. and 1 ppm to 5,000 ppm of ethylene glycol-propylene glycol polymer or a derivative thereof are blended with a base oil with a viscosity of 10 mm.sup.2 /s to 700 mm.sup.2 /s at 40 .degree. C. Because the lubricant composition of the present invention has excellent anti-foaming property, particularly in lubricants of high viscosity and at higher temperature, the composition is useful as a lubricant composition for use as bearing oil such as a lubricant for paper machine, hydraulic oil for injection molding press, and a lubricant for film orientation machine.

Abstract: A fluid composition for use in fluid couplings has the superior anti-gelling properties of an organopolysiloxane base oil, is low in changes in viscosity and changes in torque, is stable and has extremely high durability, and is especially useful because of its viscosity as a fluid for "fan" couplings. The fluid composition according to the invention is provided, by adding at least one type of ferrocene derivative, in a weight ratio wherein the atomic iron content is 10 ppm to 5,000 ppm, selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the general formula (1) and the general formula (2) for an organopolysiloxane base oil having a viscosity of 50 mm.sup.2 /s to 20,000 mm.sup.2 /s at 25.degree. C. The compounds of general formula (1) may be represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are identical or different, and are each independently selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2-25 alkyl, alkenyl, cyclo-alkyl, and cyclo-alkenyl. Additionally, one of R.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composition for coating articles of rubber or latex which is based on polar polyethylenic waxes, polymers derived from dimethylsiloxane and surfactants, and the purpose of which is to prevent adhesion between the surfaces of the coated material and to increase sliding on the coated material. The application of this product does not require previous treatment of the rubber or latex article and can be carried out in the production chain itself before the article is vulcanized. The invention has a potential use in the manufacture of surgical gloves because it facilitates the fitting thereof.

Abstract: A method is provided for preparing silicone-containing compositions represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is a organosilicone chain represented by the formula: ##STR2## wherein: R.sub.5, which can be the same or different, is selected from R.sub.6, at least one group of the --(CH.sub.2).sub.n1 --B.sub.n2 --(CH.sub.2).sub.n3 -- and mixtures thereof:R.sub.6 is selected from alkyl, aryl and olefin;R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, are selected from alkyl, aryl, polyoxyalkylene, alkaryl, aralkylene, and alkenyl;R.sub.1 is of the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl;R.sub.2 is hydrogen or an alkylene hydrocarbon group; andR.sub.3 is selected from --OH, --NH.sub.2, --R.sub.9 CONH--R.sub.9 COO and --H, wherein R.sub.9 is alkyl having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silicone composition comprising a mixture of (A) an amino-functional diorganopolysiloxane oil free of phenol groups and having at least 1 amino group per molecule and (B) a diorganopolysiloxane oil free of amino groups and having at least 1 phenol group per molecule. The silicone composition has a viscosity of from 10 to 100,000 mm.sup.2 /s at 25.degree. C. and an average phenol equivalent weight of 10,000 to 5,000,000. The silicone compositions of the present invention are highly heat-resistant, exhibit excellent release properties, and superior lubrication properties.

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.