IO · Industrial Oils & Lubricants
Start with the machine, duty and operating condition.
Navigate industrial lubricants by the system they serve, then define viscosity, load, temperature, environment and required specification for product review.
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Overview
Organise the requirement around the equipment.
Industrial lubricant selection begins with the equipment and duty: hydraulic system, gearbox, compressor, machine tool, heat-transfer circuit, pneumatic system, slideway, stationary engine or grease point.
The next step is product-specific. Share the viscosity grade or reference product, operating temperature, load, contamination or water exposure, materials and required specification. Fluids and greases remain separate because their selection properties are not interchangeable.
How the range is organised
Move from equipment duty to product criteria.
Nine sub-ranges, each named for the plant system it is formulated for. The taxonomy names the duties; it names no individual product designations, so none are printed.
This is how the range is organised. The products currently held in the catalogue are listed above.
Fluids08
01
Hydraulic
Named for the plant system it serves. No individual designations are published for it.
02
Gear
Named for the plant system it serves. No individual designations are published for it.
03
Compressor
Named for the plant system it serves. No individual designations are published for it.
04
Cutting & metalworking
Named for the plant system it serves. No individual designations are published for it.
05
Heat transfer
Named for the plant system it serves. No individual designations are published for it.
06
Pneumatic
Named for the plant system it serves. No individual designations are published for it.
07
Slideway
Named for the plant system it serves. No individual designations are published for it.
08
Stationary engine oils
Published in this category rather than with the automotive range, as the taxonomy lists it.
Greases01
09
Industrial greases
Published in this category alongside the fluids, and on a specification family of its own below.
Key specifications
Compare fluids and greases on separate evidence.
A grease and a fluid are not described by the same measurements, so this category publishes two axes rather than one table with inapplicable columns.
Typical values are not published on this page. They are issued in the Technical Data Sheet, which needs no form.
Fluids08
Eight of the nine sub-ranges, described on one shared set of properties.
- 01Kinematic viscositymm²/s
- 02Viscosity index
- 03Flash point°C
- 04Pour point°C
- 05Densitykg/m³
- 06Foaming characteristics
Test methods for this axis are pending technical review.
How values are confirmed
Use the property set above to define the enquiry. Exact typical values and test methods are issued in the reviewed TDS for the selected grade; the supplied batch is then identified against its COA.
Greases01
The ninth sub-range, published on an axis of its own. Its full property set is pending technical review; the properties below are the ones this project's documentation already names.
- 01Viscositymm²/s
- 02Copper corrosion
Test methods for this axis are pending technical review.
How values are confirmed
Use the property set above to define the enquiry. Exact typical values and test methods are issued in the reviewed TDS for the selected grade; the supplied batch is then identified against its COA.
Quality & testing
Confirm the property set relevant to the duty.
Quality control runs at the same three stages as every category, and a batch is qualified against the axis its own specification family is described on.
- 01
Incoming
Material is tested on arrival, before it enters the process.
- 02
In-process
Testing runs during processing rather than only at the end of it.
- 03
Outgoing
The batch is tested again before release, and the result is the Certificate of Analysis issued with it.
Batch qualification06
- Kinematic viscosity
- Viscosity index
- Flash point
- Pour point
- Foaming characteristics
- Copper corrosion
Which of these are run in-house and which are run at a partner laboratory is stated on Quality & Certifications, not here. Quality & Certifications
Packaging & supply
Quote the product in its delivery context.
The formats this category is supplied in, and the commercial terms it is quoted against.
- Bulk
- Flexitank
- Drums
- IBC
- Pails & retail packs
- Customized
Minimum quantity, lead time and payment terms are established against a specific product, format and destination — they are part of the quotation, not a published table.
Quoted against04
- 01EXW
- 02FOB
- 03CFR
- 04CIF
Increasing seller responsibility, top to bottom. Which one applies is settled in the quotation, not here.
Documentation
Separate product guidance from batch evidence.
Three documents are issued for this category. Two describe the product, one describes the batch you receive — and none of the three sits behind a form.
- TDSTechnical Data SheetTechnical propertiesNo form
- SDSSafety Data SheetHandling, storage and transportNo form
- COACertificate of AnalysisPer batch — the result of outgoing testingNo form
- CataloguesThe full company and product catalogues are the only documents released against a qualifying form, and that form is on the Products landing page.Open
Questions
Asked before an enquiry.
Find answers to common questions before discussing your requirements with our team.
Can I read the specifications before making an enquiry?
Yes. Technical and Safety Data Sheets are published openly. Only the full company and product catalogues are released against a short qualifying form.
Why are the specifications published as two tables?
Because a grease and a fluid are not described by the same measurements. Publishing one table would mean columns that are blank for a whole family — and a blank that means 'not applicable' should not look like a blank that means 'awaiting lab data'.
Is a Certificate of Analysis issued for every batch?
Yes. The COA records the outgoing test result for the batch supplied, not a typical value for the product.
Are greases published in this category or separately?
In this one. Industrial greases are part of this category's published taxonomy; they simply carry their own specification axis.
Can a fluid be supplied to a specification we provide?
Formulation to a customer brief is a route of its own rather than a variant of a published product.
Next step
Can't find exactly what you need?
The range above is what we publish. Formulation to a customer brief is a route of its own, and a sample is the first stage of it.
