The Lubrizol Corporation
29400 Lakeland Boulevard, Wickliffe, Ohio 44092-2298
News Release
Lubrizol Grease Experts to Present at NLGI June 15-18, 2013
CLEVELAND, June 13, 2013 - The Lubrizol Corporation continues to demonstrate technical leadership in the grease industry at the upcoming NLGI 80th Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, June 15-18, 2013. Lubrizol is a platinum sponsor of the meeting, and our experts will present two technical papers, contribute to NLGI's educational course offerings and participate in the accompanying tabletop exhibits.
As the automotive market focuses on increasing energy efficiency and fuel efficiency, attention has turned to minimizing possible energy losses due to friction. On Monday, June 17 at
11:10 a.m., Dr. Gareth Fish will present "Friction Modifiers for Lubricating Greases," discussing what types of additives work best for different types of greases. Dr. Fish will present the results of the 250+ friction and wear tests encompassed in these extensive research studies and the implications for grease lubricated componentry in a wide variety of applications.
Lubrizol's grease experts continue to focus on meeting the market demands for longer bearing life, and on Tuesday, June 18, at 2:40 p.m., Bill Ward will present a paper he authored with Scott Capitosti, "Ashless Multifunctional Additive Technology for Rolling Element Bearings." This paper is a follow-up to the 2009 paper by Fish and Ward ("Development of Greases for Extended Bearing Life"), which focused on zinc-based additive technology. Both the ashless and zinc-based multipurpose technologies offer extended life performance and high speed, high temperature bearing protection.
On Tuesday, at 4:00 p.m., Dr. Fish will be facilitating a town-hall meeting on the future of NLGI automotive service greases. This hour-long session will focus on the changing test procedures required to meet evolving specifications.
Also on Monday and Tuesday, Lubrizol will once again provide significant support to NLGI in their educational course offerings. In the NLGI Basic Grease Education course, Dr. Fish will teach the Introduction to Grease and the Automotive Greases classes and Mr. Ward will conduct the Additives for Greases class. Dr. Fish will also teach the Seal Compatibility class in the NLGI Application and Maintenance Grease Education course.
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About Lubrizol's Industrial Additives Business
Lubrizol offers one of the most complete performance chemical product lines for industrial lubricant formulators. The company's research scientists develop and test innovative additive chemistry for fluids used in hydraulic, industrial gear, turbine, grease, metal processing, and metal protection industries. Lubrizol additive chemistry is available around the world through its global supply chain.
About The Lubrizol Corporation
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a technology-driven global company that combines complex, specialty chemicals to optimize the quality, performance and value of customers' products while reducing their environmental impact. It produces and supplies technologies to customers in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, other transportation-related fluids and industrial lubricants, as well as additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, Lubrizol makes ingredients and additives for home care and personal care products and pharmaceuticals, and specialty materials, including plastics technology and performance coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives.
With headquarters in Wickliffe, Ohio, Lubrizol owns and operates manufacturing facilities in 17 countries, as well as sales and technical offices around the world. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol has approximately 7,000 employees worldwide. Revenues for 2012 were $6.1 billion. For more information, visit Lubrizol.com.
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