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HX1 Additives for Food-Grade Lubricants
NSF certified lubricant components for incidental food contact lubricants
In order to protect your machinery against wear, rust and corrosion, effective lubricant is essential. We have extensive knowledge of lubricant components used in incidental food contact applications that allow your end formulations to be H1 approved, including:
- Gear Lubricants
- Hydraulic Fluids
- Chain Oils
- Bearing Lubricants
- Greases
- General Purpose Sprays
- Anti-Seize & Penetrating Lubricants
- Mechanical Seal Barrier Fluids
- Valve & Tap Lubricants
HX1 Base Oils
From gear oils to greases we have a variety of components that can be used to design your finished food grade lubricant to meet H1 requirements without compromising performance.
+ Synthetic Lubricants – PAG, PIB, PAO, Synthetic Esters
- Polyisobutene – Preferred
- Polyalphaolefin – Preferred
- Polyalkylene Glycols (PAGs) Dow UCON™ 75-H-series, UCON™ 50-HB-series, UCON™ LB-series, UCON™ OSP-series, and UCON™ WG-1.
- Synthetic Esters - Z&S LEXOLUBE® FG-portfolio, GT-855 IG, IPO, SynVEG 46 OCL, Z&S LUBRICIT 5399, 9526, 9537, 9538/1, GMO-VEG, TMP C18-VEG-DF, TMP C810-DF, TMP C9-DF
- Clariant HOSTAGLISS® 135
- Silicones - Dow XIAMETER™ PMX-200 series (>300 cSt)
+ Vegetable
- “edible oils” - Soy, Sunflower, Olive, Castor
+ White Mineral Oils
- Calumet DRAKEOL®
+ Synthetic Isoparaffins
- Sasol LINPAR® 1416V
HX1 Additives for Formulating
+ Fatty Acids
- Caprylic acid (C8, satd)
- Sebacic acid (C10, diacid)
- Capric acid (C10, satd)
- Stearic acid (C18, satd)
- Ricinoleic acid (C18, unsatd, hydroxyl)
+ Corrosion Inhibitors & Rust Preventatives
- Daubert TecPlex® P2006S, P2040S, P2100(S), and P2250 (calcium sulfonate in oil)
- Solvay DURAPHOS™ 178 (amine neutralized acid phosphate)
- Z&S Protelan OL (Oleoyl Sarcosine)
- Wincom WINTROL® 39 (copper deactivator)
+ Antioxidants
- SI Group Ethanox® 5057 (aminic)
- SI Group Ethanox® 6705 (phosphite)
- Butylated Hydroxy Toluene (BHT) and Butylated Hydroxy Anisole (BHA)
- Vitamin E (and other tocopherols)
+ Chelating Agents
- Disodium EDTA
+ Surfactants
- Solvay AEROSOL® OT-SE ULA
- ADM and Cargill Lecithin (ie. soy lecithin)
+ Thickeners for Grease
- Honeywell AC® Polyethylene
- Specialty Minerals Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC)
- Shamrock Technologies PTFE
- Cabot CAB-O-SIL® M-5F and CAB-O-SIL® M-5P Fumed Silica
- Cabot Silica Aerogel
- Titanium Dioxide
- Metal Stearates
- Calcium Silicate
- Bentonite Clay
+ Other
- Dow CARBOWAX™ PEG and CARBOWAX™ MPEG
- Propylene Glycol
- Glycerine
