Journals By Industry - Industrial Lubricants

The power and water desalination complexes in Oman are the biggest users of energy, mainly natural gas. Consumption by the expanding utilities sector is to rise rapidly, estimated at the rate of 9%...

Construction a cure for crisis, Kazakh president tells nation Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced some grandiose new industrial projects in his annual address to the nation on January 27. These projects, he said,...

Forms two new business areas to address the total Industrial Market GOTEBORG, Sweden -- SKF today announced that they have formed two new business areas to be better able to serve the needs...

GOTEBORG, Sweden -- Regulatory News: SKF (STO:SKFB)(STO:SKFA)(Pink Sheets:SKFRY)(LSE:SKFB) today announced they will take one-off costs of around SEK 100 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Around SEK 40 million are related to...

Expanded capabilities support industrial, oil and gas customers throughout Latin America WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) today announced that it has completed the upgrade and expansion of its facility in...

SAN ANTONIO -- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has signed an agreement to join Weichai's International Technology Innovation Alliance for Internal Combustion Engine Reliability, organized by Weichai Power Co. Ltd., of China. The alliance...

Private companies are authorised to distribute refined products under a law passed in 1990. Private retailers sell about 5m t/y, with the largest being ExxonMobil. Shell is involved through Shell Marketing Egypt for...

HOUSTON -- KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced it was awarded a contract to provide construction services for ExxonMobil's new synthetics lubricant base stock facility to be built at ExxonMobil's refinery and chemical plant complex...

Loctite[R]-Maintained Sled Sustains No Damage After 100 MPH Jump and Forceful Landing ROCKY HILL, Conn. -- Henkel-sponsored freestyle snowmobiler Levi LaVallee shattered his standing world record for distance jumping on a snowmobile by...

Acquisition will add new flow measurement technologies and expand customer base MILWAUKEE -- Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE: BMI) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Racine Federated, Inc. of Racine,...

By Yeow Pei Lin Base oils are made into lubricants for use in cars. SINGAPORE (ICIS)--The surge in Asian base oil prices that occurred in the first half of 2011 is unlikely to...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--The US base oils market will be looking toward lighter grades and more re-refining in 2012. While US production remains dominated by Group I base oil stocks, increasing demand for lighter viscosity...

TOP STORIES LUBRIZOL ACQUIRES CHEMTOOL The Lubrlzol Corp. has agreed to purchase Rockford, Ill.-based Chemtool Inc., a leading global manufacturer and supplier of custom-formulated greases to the lubricants industry. The acquisition expands Lubrizols...

Continuing our ongoing review of Internet references we believe will be useful ?? persons in she electromechanical industries. Arizona Solar Center - www.azsolar cemer.org: on-line seven-chapter handbook on "Secondary storage batteries and charge...

HEADNOTE By participating on an STLE committee, you'll help the society-and your career-grow. MANY GROUPS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF A TECHNICAL SOCIETY LIKE STLE. These groups include individual and corporate members, exhibitors...

The STLE Chicago Section is offering a two-day education technical seminar titled, "Introduction to Lubrication," March 1415, at Ashton Place in Danen, 111., near Chicago. This training seminar is being offered for end-users...

HEADNOTE Objectives Cervical cancer is caused by human papilloma virus (HPV). However, only a small proportion of women infected with HPV, progress to cervical cancer. Other co-factors must therefore be necessary to cause...

* NITRITES AND FRACRANCES Q. We are using a vibratory finishing compound that has been satisfactory for more than 20 years. Recently, a potential new vendor pointed out that it contains sodium nitrite;...

HEADNOTE ABSTRACT A new process control rheometer (PCR) designed for use in industrial process flows has been used to measure the rheological properties of three extreme-pressure greases. The rheometer is a robust yet...