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Metalworking Fluids
Metalworking Fluids - Removal, Rolling Oil or Drawing
From straight oils to solution synthetics, Univar Solutions has an extensive line of components for your formulating needs. We offer one of the broadest surfactants portfolios for emulsification, wetting and lubricity. Our product offering also includes solvents, oleo chemistry and other specialty components for corrosion protection, microbial inhibition, extreme pressure performance, and more.
Whether you are formulating a neat oil or a water-miscible fluid, Univar Solutions has an extensive line of components. We know that not every formulation is the same, which is why Univar Solutions offers a broad range of components for any one of the various characteristics you require in your finished product.
Neat Oils
Base oil
- Naphthenic or paraffinic mineral oils
- vegetable oils,
- white mineral oils
- fatty alcohols
- PAO
- OSP
- water-insoluble PAGs
- Hynap® San Joaquin
- Drakeol®Duoprime® Parol® Penreco
- Calpar™ Calumet
- Nexbase™
- soy
- canola
- rapeseed
- sunflower
- safflower
- Oleo
Coupling agents
- Fatty alcohols
- diesters
- Oleo
- Lexolube®
- Lubricit™ Zschimmer & Schwarz
- CO-series P&G
Viscosity modifiers
- Mostly PIB
- but may have high viscosity OSP
- polymethacrylate derivatives
- TPC Group and Braskem
Lubricity
- Extreme-pressure (EP) – chlorinated paraffins
- chlorinated fatty acids
- sulfurized esters
- sulfurized fats
- sulfurized olefins
- phosphate esters
- calcium sulfonates
- molybdenum disulfide (dispersions)
- Cereclor® Inovyn
- Lubrhophos® Duraphos® Solvay
- Hostaphat® Clariant
- Climax
- Boundary – simple esters
- polyol esters
- polymerized esters
- synthetic or natural fats
- vegetable oils/esters
- tall oil fatty acids
- distilled tall oils
- Lexolube® Lubricit® Zschimmer & Schwarz
- Hostagliss® Clariant
- Sylfat® Sylvatal® Kraton
Corrosion protection/metal deactivation
- Calcium sulfonates, phosphate esters, imidazolines, benzotriazole, tolyltriazole, mercaptobenthiazole, azole blends, oil-soluble amines
- Hostacor® Hostaphat® Clariant, Lubrhophos® Solvay, Wintrol ® Wincom
Antifoams
- Mostly silicone-based fluids, some polymethacrylates
Antioxidants
- Mostly phenolic based
- BHT Sasol, Doverphos® Dover
Oil-soluble dyes
Water-miscible
Base oil (emulsions only)
- Naphthenic or paraffinic mineral oils, vegetable oils
- Hynap® San Joaquin, Drakeol®Duoprime® Parol® Penreco, Calpar™ Calument, Nexbase™, soy, canola, rapeseed
Emulsifiers
- Synthetic or natural sodium sulfonates, tall oil fatty acid or distilled tall oil amides, oleic acid amides, alcohol ethoxylates, alcohol alkoxylates, PEG esters, PIBSA, sorbitan esters, ether carboxylic acids
- Emulsogen® Genapol® Clariant, Tergitol™ Triton™ Dow, Antarox®, Alkamuls® Rhodasurf® Solvay, Makon® Stepan, Sylfat® Sylvatol® Kraton, Ethylan® Nouryon, PIBSA
Coupling agents
Fatty/carboxylic acids, glycols (propylene, hexylene, others), glycol ethers, glycerine
pH buffers/alkalinity
Ethanolamines (MEA, DEA, TEA), isopropanol amines (MIPA, DIPA), diglycolamine (DGA), other amines like n-BAE (n-butylaminoethanol)
Lubricity
- Extreme-pressure (EP) – chlorinated paraffins, chlorinated fatty acids, sulfurized esters, sulfurized fats, sulfurized olefins, phosphate esters, calcium sulfonates – all but phosphate esters used solely in emulsions
- Cereclor® INOVYN, Lubrhophos® Duraphos® Solvay, Hostaphat® Clariant, Phosphetal™ Zschimmer & Schwarz
- Boundary – simple esters, polyol esters (uncommon), polymerized esters, synthetic or natural fats, vegetable oils/esters, tall oil fatty acids, distilled tall oils, PAG (water-soluble or OSP), EO/PO block copolymers (true solution synthetics only)
- Lexolube® Lubricit™ Zschimmer & Schwarz, Hostagliss® Clariant, UCON™ Dow, Sylfat® Sylvatal® Kraton, Rhodasurf® Solvay, Tergitol™ 17R2 and 17R4 Dow
Wetting agents/dispersing agents
- Alcohol ethoxylates, alcohol alkoxylates, EO/PO block copolymers
- Alcosperse® Alcoguard® Nouryon, Genapol® Clariant, Tergitol™ Triton™ Dow, Alkamuls® Rhodasurf® Solvay, Ethylan® Nouryon, Surfonic® Indorama
Corrosion resistant/metal deactivation
- Calcium sulfonates, phosphate esters, fatty acid salts of amines, benzotriazole, tolyltriazole, azole blends, specialty amines
- Hostacor® Hostaphat® Clariant, Lubrophos® Rhodafac® Solvay, Wintrol® Wincom, SACI® Daubert, Antarox® Solvay
Biocides
- EPA registered - phenols, triazine, morpholine and its derivatives, polymeric quaternary ammonium biocides, thiazolinones (BIT, MIT, CMIT, OIT), propiconazole derivatives, iodopropynyl butyl carbamate (IPBC), oxazolidine
- BUSAN® Buckman, Onyxide® Stepan
Antifoams
- Mostly organosiloxanes, some EO/PO block copolymers, some fatty acid salts of soda ash/caustic potash
- Xiameter™ Dowsil™ Dow Silicones, Rhodaline® Solvay, SUPPRESSOR® Hydrite
Water-soluble dyes
Water
Metal Treating - Cleaning, De-rusting, Pickling, Corrosion Prevention, Surface Treatment
As a formulator of various fluids used for treating metals, you can rely upon Univar Solutions to offer a wide selection of products that can help you formulate for any end use applications.
Base Oil - naphthenic or paraffinic mineral oils
- Hynap® San Joaquin, Calpar™ Calumet
Solvent
Dowanol™ Dow, Glycols, LVP VOC Exempt Solvents, ISOPAR® Exxsol™ Exxon, Steposol® Stepan
Amines
MEA, DEA, TEA, MIPA, DIPA, DGA
Emulsifiers
Fatty Acid Amide - Alkamide® Solvay, Purton™ Zschimmer & Schwarz, Alcohol Ethoxylates/Alkoxylates - Rhodasurf®, Lubrhophos®, Antarox®, Genapol® Solvay, Tergitol™, Distilled Tall Oil - Sylvatal™
Corrosion Inhibitor
Amine Carboxylates - Hostacor Clariant, Specialty Corrosion Inhibitors - Hostaphat®, Hostacor® Clariant, Wintrol® Wincom, SACI® Daubert, Rhodafac® Solvay, Calcium Sulfonates - Tectyl® Daubert, OLOA® Chevron Oronite, Sodium Sulfonates - SACI® Daubert
Chelants
EDTA Versene™ Dow, GLDA Biopure®, Phosphonates Dequest® Italmatch and Briquest® Solvay
Viscosity Modifier
Polyacrylates - Alcogum® Akzo & Calamide® Pilot
Wetting Agents/Dispersant Surfactant
ECOSURF™ LFE-635 Dow, Acrylates - Alcosperse® & Alcoguard® Akzo, EO/PO Tergitol™ Dow and Rhodasurf® Solvay, Ethoxylates/Alkoxylates - Tergitol™ and Triton™ Dow, Rhodasurf® and Genapol® Solvay, Fluorosurfactants - Masurf® Pilot
Inorganics
Sulfuric acid, Phosphoric acid, Caustic Soda, Caustic Potash, Silicates, Citrates, Phosphates, hydrochloric acid
Defoamer
UCON™ HB Series Dow, Tergitol™ 17R2 and 17R4 Dow, Silcone based - Xiameter™ and Dowsil™ Dow Silicones - Non-Silicone - Dowsil™, Rhodaline® Solvay and SUPPRESSOR® Hydrite, EO/PO Tergitol™ Dow and Rhodasurf® Solvay
Biocide
Microbiocides - BUSAN® Buckman and Onyxide® Stepan, Biodispersants - BSC® Buckman
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