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Vertrel™ & Opteon™ Specialty Fluids: Optimized nPB replacement

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Optimized, Cost-Effective nPB replacement: Vertrel™ and Opteon™ Why are Vertrel™ and Opteon™ fluids suitable as a nPB replacement ? Recently, the National Toxicity Program issued a report, dated August 2011, “Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of 1-Bromopropane in F344/N Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Inhalation studies).” https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/LT_rpts/TR564.pdf.  The report concluded that there was “clear evidence of carcinogenic […]

Krytox™ Lube For Life

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Krytox™ Electric Motor Lube For Life A North American company improves equipment reliability by switching lubricants and joining the Lube for Life program. A major pulp and paper mill located in Western Canada wanted to improve the average operating life of its 3000 electric motor operating in a harsh environment without incurring additional costs for […]

Krytox™ for Injection Molding

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“We have been using Krytox XHT-BDX for seven years now. We did a case study, and found out that we gained an additional 40% life between preventative maintenance (PM’s).” – A satisfied Krytox customer   The Problem The Injection Molding industry for Tier 1 auto suppliers require hundreds of man hours in preventative maintenance labor. Not using Krytox results […]

Krytox™ TM7 For Tire Mold Industry

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Krytox TM7 Tire Mold Industry Lubricant An American tire manufacturer increases production and saves on costly mold repair by switching lubricants. U.S. tire manufacturer improves bottom line with new lubricant A major tire manufacturer located in the United States was experiencing significant, recurring problems with galling—roughening, wearing, or warping of metal at key moveable joints—on […]