While oil remains a common substance deployed in various industries to ensure the optimal operating capacity of machinery, it is not the only material employed to achieve specific ends. Grease is another familiar element used in ensuring machinery fulfills its functions. Both materials have something else in common – the need to be improved or enhanced. Chemical substances are added to achieve this particular goal. Grease additives serve this purpose.
Types
Grease additives differ by their intended purpose. They are designed and combined with the base grease selected to accomplish one or more of the following goals.
- Act as an antioxidants
- Perform as anti-wear agents
- Assume the role of extreme pressure agents
- Function as metal deactivators
- Behave as oily agents
- Adopt the role of rust and corrosion inhibitors
- Contribute to an overall structural improvement
The additives may singly or in a package to fulfill the requested properties.
Applications
A grease additive may be produced as a single component in a more generic combination. However, it may also come into being as a tailor-made, specifically formulated and even unique additive package. In all such cases, the clients represent one of several potential general applications. These are
- Automotive
- Commercial
- Industrial
Grease Additives
Additives improve the properties of grease without hindering its essential composition. The selected additives combine their essential properties to improve or enhance the existing ones possessed by the grease base. When combined appropriately, in the right treat ratio, the result is effective in ensuring the equipment can operate to its expected potential.
