What is the composition of industrial lubricants? An industrial lubricant manufacturer has the answer for you!
发布时间：2022年06月12日 19:55
Industrial lubricant manufacturers would like to remind you that industrial lubricants have a wide range of applications and come in many different types, such as pure mineral oil, PAO (polyalphaolefin) synthetic oil, polyether synthetic oil, alkylbenzene oil, and biodegradable oils. Once these oils are formulated into specific industrial lubricants, they must not be mixed with each other. For example, if polyether synthetic oil is mixed with other industrial oils, its performance will significantly deteriorate. Different industrial lubricants contain different additives tailored for their specific applications. Industrial lubricant manufacturers would like to remind you that hydraulic oils used outdoors must be suitable for the constantly changing temperatures in your local area and should never be used in enclosed indoor environments.
What is the composition of industrial lubricants? An industrial lubricant manufacturer has the answer for you! Industrial lubricants are composed of base oils and additives. The base oil is the primary component of lubricants and determines their fundamental performance characteristics. In addition, additives can compensate for and enhance the properties of the base oil, imparting new performance features to it; thus, they are an essential part of lubricants.
1. Lubricant base oils. A friendly reminder from industrial lubricant manufacturers: Lubricant base oils are primarily categorized into mineral-based, synthetic-based, and vegetable-oil-based types. Mineral-based base oils enjoy widespread application and account for the largest share of usage—over 95%. However, in certain applications and industries, we need to employ synthetic-based or vegetable-oil-based (bio-based) base oils through specific blending techniques. As a result, these two types of base oils have experienced rapid economic growth. Mineral-based base oils are refined from crude oil. The main production processes for base oils include atmospheric distillation, vacuum distillation, solvent deasphalting, solvent refining, solvent dewaxing, and clay or hydrofining. In 1995, China revised its current standards for lubricant base oils, primarily by introducing a new classification management approach and adding two special Chinese base oil standards: low pour point and deep-refined base oils. The key to producing mineral lubricants lies in selecting high-quality crude oil. The chemical composition of mineral-based base oils comprises high-boiling-point, high-molecular-weight hydrocarbons as well as non-hydrocarbon mixtures. Their constituents generally include alkanes (straight-chain, branched-chain, and multi-branched), cycloalkanes (single-ring, double-ring, and multi-ring), aromatics (single-ring aromatics and polycyclic aromatics), cycloalkyl-aromatic compounds, organically bonded compounds containing oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, as well as non-hydrocarbon substances such as colloids and asphaltenes. Vegetable-oil-based (bio-based) lubricant base oils are gaining increasing popularity. They are biodegradable and can rapidly reduce environmental pollution. Since all industrial enterprises worldwide are seeking measures to minimize environmental impact, these “natural” lubricants—with their unique properties—offer an attractive solution. Although vegetable oils are relatively expensive, the additional cost is more than offset by the reduced environmental management expenses associated with using other mineral oils and synthetic lubricants.
2. Additives. Industrial lubricant manufacturers would like to remind you that additives are the essence of modern, high-grade lubricants. If needed, we should make appropriate selections and add them in a rational manner. By enhancing their physicochemical properties, additives can endow lubricants with new, specialized performance characteristics or reinforce certain existing product features, thereby meeting enterprises’ higher requirements. Carefully selecting, precisely balancing, and rationally blending additives according to the desired quality and performance of the lubricant are key to ensuring its superior quality.
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