New 'LongLife' lubricant

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The test of time: Finding the lifespan of an Edison Award-winning lubricant

When inventors Jim Carey, Angela Galiano-Roth and Gary Dudley set out to find a lubricant formula that would extend oil life, they encountered an unexpected hurdle: The lubricant they created was so tough and durable, it outlasted the tests designed to wear it out.

“It’s a good challenge to have: How do we extend the life of the test equipment to outlast the life of the lubricant?” said Dudley, who, along with his ExxonMobil colleagues Galiano-Roth and Carey, earned this year’s Edison Patent Award in the industrial product category from the Research and Development Council of New Jersey for their breakthrough research and development.

“A big selling feature of a lubricant is not only that it protects the equipment, but that it can last hours and hours without being changed. Knowing the lubricant lifespan is a critical decision factor for our industrial customers,” Dudley added.

Changing the lubricant less often would reduce the amount of environmental waste for our customers and our plants. Designed primarily for use in air compressors, the lubricant has applicability in the energy industry, but also where air compressors are used – basically, almost everywhere.

The extraordinarily resilient lubricant pushed Dudley and his colleagues to develop testing protocols that could outlive the life of the lubricant. Once they did that, the team found that their lubricants lasted three times longer than previous synthetic formulas—24,000 hours, to be precise.

Of course it will take actual market testing to see how much longer specific equipment will be able to run on the new lube. Carey describes the achievement as “a mind blower.”
https://energyfactor.exxonmobil.com/news/award-winning-lubricant/

 

[Ohle_Manezzini]

Jim Carey invented it? Owh

 

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Originally Posted By: Ohle_Manezzini
Jim Carey invented it? Owh


SMOKINNNNN!!!!!


No, seriously, the lubricant is smoking...

 

[weasley]

Follow the trail:

From here:

Originally Posted By: New Jersey Institute of Technology
ExxonMobil and inventors James T. Carey, Angela S. Galiano-Roth, and Gary K. Dudley will receive the patent award in the industrial product category for “Alkylated Naphthalene Base Stock Formulations” (U.S. 8,716,201), a novel lubricant formulation based on alkylated naphthalene (AN) as the primary base stock employed, in combination with a fully optimized additive system, that provides up to three times oil life in actual operating equipment when compared to previously known synthetic technology.

And that patent can be seen here:

Originally Posted By: PATENT US 8716201
ABSTRACT
In one embodiment a novel lubricant is disclosed. The lubricant comprises an alkylated naphthalene base stock with a viscosity of at least 2 cSt and less than 22 cSt kv100° C., the alkylated naphthalene base stock is greater than 55 weight percent of the lubricant, a PAO base stock with at least 4 cSt and less than 250 cSt kv100° C., the PAO base stock is at least 2 and less than 40 weight percent of the lubricant, at least 0.5 and less than 1.5 weight percent of the lubricant is an amine antioxidant additive, at least 0.5 and less than 1.5 weight percent of the lubricant is a defoamant additive, at least 0.1 and less than 0.4 weight percent of the lubricant is an alkylated rust inhibitor additive, and the lubricant has a viscosity of at least 4 cSt and less than 10 cSt kv100° C., less than 10 ppm metals, less than 100 ppm sulfur, and a VI greater than 70.

Interesting, but in the context of industrial compressors and gears only.