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SEPTEMBER 2018 VOL. 24 ISSUE 9
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PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Mapping Out Synthetics
T hird in our yearly lineup of data prod-
uct supplements to the magazine, the
Nonconventional Base Stocks Guide
from Lubes'n'Greases is included along-
side this issue for print readers and will
also be mailed to digital subscribers in the
United States and Canada.
Lubricants rely on nonconventional base
stocks to deliver extraordinary perfor-
mance—strength, stability, lo
SEPTEMBER 2018 VOL. 24 ISSUE 9
Solvency and Viscosity Delivered From the truste
PUBLISHER'S LETTER Mapping Out Synthetics T
SEPTEMBER 2018 VOL. 24 ISSUE 9 TABLE O
To help you prepare for the unexpected.
AUTOMOTIVE FA-4's Stroll to Market Acceptance
SAE 15W-40 API CK-4 SAE 10W-30 API FA-4 Flee
Let's look at the potential impact of a 2 perc
AUTOMOTIVE Navistar and other engin
Now, the strongest base oil supply chain i
BEST PRACTICES Make the Trend Your Friend I
Licensed base oils supplied by:
Continued from page 12 ject economics, think hard
U.S. GDP. Short-term trend with clear directio
NEED TO KNOW Breaking and Making Rules BY TH
WE CAN DO THAT. At American Refining Group, we fo
Continued from page 16 constraints of OEM specif
IPAC 2600 Series - Stopping Corrosion in its Trac
Unearthing Efficiency BY KIARA CANDELARIA
gathering in May. Operators frequently seek ou
viscosity modifiers to minimize the change in vis
Keep your business flowing in even the coldest co
Continued from page 22 improvement of 19 percent
A cutter engineer reads results from the FluidSca
An oil sample is inserted into the FluidScan for
In PCMO, you need a partner at the heart of chang
BY STEVE HAFFNER
With shear stability becoming increasingly import
A shear stability tester from Koehler Instrument
YOU MAY NOT SEE US, BUT WE'RE DRIVING CHANGE AROU
Continued from page 32 heavy-duty engine oil spec
This may be part of the reason that Caterpilla
SLICKASA DIAMOND? BY MARY MOON Lubricants have
Argonne National Laboratory researchers have desi
“Predicting the performance of DLCs is not a
group II base oils regular, reliable supply and
Continued from page 38 when used to lubricate a D
Now includes CRUDE OIL PRICES! No one knows wher
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t Topping up a car's engine oil
increase the hardness at each step.” He showed ho
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PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Tugging in better p
automatic two-wheelers in SAE 10W-40, SAE 10W-30
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YOUR BUSINESS Making Clear-headed Decisions
Propelling solutions for tomorrow In our ongoing
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