We have extensive knowledge of the components that form lubricants to determine the precise behavior of grease you are looking for.
If you are formulating greases for power generation, automotive, heavy equipment, food & beverage, or chemical manufacturing, Univar Solutions offers a broad range of products to meet your formulation challenges. With key product offerings for soap and non-soap based greases, let us decrease the complexity of your grease component supply.
Base Oils
- Mineral Oils (paraffinic, naphthenic) Drakeol® Duoprime® Parol® Hynap®
- Polyalphaolefin (PAO) DURASYN® RB Products
- Di-esters Lexolube® Lubricit™
- Phosphate Esters Lubrhophos® Duraphos® Rhodafac® Phosphetal™
- PolyAlkylene Glycol UCON™
- Silicones Xiameter™
- Fluorinated silicone Dowsil™
- Fluorocarbon (PFPE)
Thickeners
- Metals: Lithium hydroxide, Calcium hydroxide, Calcium carbonate ViCALity ALBAFIL® ALBAGLOS® ALBACAR®, Aluminum hydroxide, Trioxyaluminum triisopropoxide, Aluminum isopropoxide, Barium hydroxide, Sodium hydroxide
- Long Chain Fatty Acids: Benzoic acid, Stearic acid, other long chain fatty acids (OLEO and KRATON) Sylfat® Sylvatal® UNIDYME™
- Complexing agent: Boric acid, Azelic acid, Adipic acid, other dimer acids (OLEO and Kraton) Sylfat® Sylvatal® UNIDYME™
- Non-aqueous Promoters/Converters: Propylene glycol, Hexylene glycol
- Poly-urea: Reaction product of a diisocyanate with monoamines and/or diamines. ISONATE™
- Organophilic clay: Bentonite, Hectorite
- Calcium sulfonate:
- Other: Other non-soap greases include Teflon (PTFE) NanoFLON® Fluoro®, polyethylene (PE), mica, carbon, graphite, and silica gel, fumed silica Cab-o-sil®
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Additives
Function |
Chemistries |
Anti-oxidants |
Zinc dialkydithiophosphates (ZDDP) (secondary), aminic, phenolic, phosphite Doverphos®, Ethanox® |
Anti-wear (AW) and Extreme Pressure (EP) Additives |
Triarylphosphates, Zinc Dialkydithiophosphates (ZDDP), Dithiocarbamates, Phosphate esters, Sulfurized fatty acids/olefins/hydrocarbons, Polysulfides, Molybdenum disulfide, Graphite, Precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) Lubrophos® Duraphos® |
Friction Modifiers |
Molybdenum Disulfide, Graphite, Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) NanoFLON® |
Rust/Corrosion/Metal Deactivation |
Sulfonates (calcium, barium, lithium, magnesium, amine salts), Naphthenates, Carboxylic acid derivatives, Triazoles Wintrol® |
Corrosion Inhibitors |
Overbased and neutral Calcium sulfonates, Barium sulfonate, Sodium petroleum sulfonate, Imidazolines, Amine phosphates, Amine sulfonates, Alkenylsuccinimides, Oleoyl sarcosine SACI®, Chevron Oronite, ISOCARB® |
Metal Deactivators |
Triazoles, Mercaptothiadiazoles Wintrol® |
Seal Swell Agents |
Di-esters Lexolube® Lubricit® |
Viscosity Modifiers |
Polyisobutylene (PIB) |
Tackiness Additives |
Polyisobutylenes (PIB) |