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JUNE 2018 VOL. 24 ISSUE 6
Will Varnish
Vanish?
Greasing Safer
Steel Mills
Seizing Waste's
Potential
Solvency
and Viscosity
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PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Changing Hands
A s I'm writing this, we've just
received word of ExxonMobil's
agreement to sell its refinery in
Augusta, Italy, which includes a 730,000
metric-tons-per-year API Group I base oil
plant. Sonatrach, Algeria's national oil
company, will take the reins by the end of
the year.
ExxonMobil said it placed a dedicated
transition team to ens
JUNE 2018 VOL. 24 ISSUE 6
Solvency and Viscosity Delivered From the truste
PUBLISHER'S LETTER Changing Hands A s I'm wr
JUNE 2018 VOL. 24 ISSUE 6 TABLE OF CON
Now, the strongest base oil supply chain i
AUTOMOTIVE Futures I'm pretty sure that
AUTOMOTIVE The changes coming
Keep your business flowing in even the coldest co
AUTOMOTIVE Continued from page 8
For flexible API SN Plus Solutions
Continued from page 10 irrational acts by human
by Lyle and the Oronite organization. Don Joh
BEST PRACTICES Deal with Distractions A lmo
Our products are so good because they are in fact
Continued from page 14 enthusiasm, clearly unrea
· Spend more time understanding and address- i
NEED TO KNOW Industrial Strength For many
group II base oils regular, reliable supply and
Continued from page 18 Although certainly not
It wouldn't have happened without chemistry. ELCO
Sp tlight on Grease What's So Innovative abo
Fears of lithium shortages are worth panicking
Elco Testing Guides the Way Forward We pri
Vanderbilt Chemicals is committed to innovat
BY D. S. NAG Beat the Heat: Grease Brings S
L ubricants used i
Drawing Out Maintenance Intervals The Mumbai-base
IPAC 2600 Series - Stopping Corrosion in its Trac
Continued from page 28 equipment life or perform
to conventional greases,” Sayanna observed. “Henc
Running through the Cold BY STEVE HAFFNER
North America is still months away from winter, b
Low Temperature Performance of North and South Am
SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR QUALITY AND RELIABILIT
Continued from page 34 while others can take well
SAE 0W-8 formulations, fric- tion modifiers will
SEIZING Waste's Potential BY KIARA CANDELA
Photo: Dalibor Danilovic - Fotolia LUBES
Industrial Lubricant Consumption in U.S. and Cana
Now includes CRUDE OIL PRICES!
Landfill Gas Energy Projects and Candidate Landfi
The Path Ahead for Metalworking Fluid Microbiolog
Studies of metalworking fluid microbiology coinci
as a common, major contributor to metal- working
Continued from page 46 unmet research need. A G
New Vehicles, New Challenges BY LISA TOCCI I
will rely on the familiar components of the elect
droplets sprayed onto the rotor windings. One
September 19 - 20, 2018 // InterContinental Magni
GET FOUND. Can Your Customers Find You? Get
Continued from page 52 the company's powertrain
BY MARY MOON WILL VARNISH VANISH? It's just
LUBES'N'GREASES 57
cant. Rather, polar oxidation byproducts tend to
THE NEW LUBRICANTS INDUSTRY FACTBOOK, AT YOUR
Continued from page 58 PAGs are also blended w
replenished while in service, allowing it to be u
PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Robotic precision.
Turning Your Ideas Into Reality With a p
uct adheres to compo- nents and resists water was
PLACES'N'FACES PLACES'N'FACES CK-4/FA-4 Enter Pr
WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG BASE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
Continued from page 66 purchase in May of Afton C
for more than a year. Two fires broke out at t
I N D E X O F A D V E R T I S E R S Acme-Har
Continued from page 69 tenure at Schaeffer's incl
BASE OIL REPORT Late Bloomers
YOUR BUSINESS An Oxymoron: “Internet Privacy”
Bringing the future into focus In a world of evol
“Battenfeld strives to deliver on our `Quality Wi