Unique Additives
Boost Equipment Efficiency with Advanced Lubrication Additives
At Lubrication Engineers South Africa, we offer a specialised range of unique additives that improve the performance of our lubrication products. These advanced additives reduce friction, handle extreme pressure, and help extend the life of your equipment. They are ideal for a wide range of industrial machines and applications.
By using our additive technology, you can boost efficiency, reduce maintenance, and avoid costly downtime.
Our additives are developed by Lubrication Engineers’ own research and manufacturing division – the ALMASOL® Corporation. Based in Wichita, Kansas, the ALMASOL® team includes a full R&D department dedicated to creating high-performance, proprietary additive technologies that are exclusive to Lubrication Engineers.
We pride ourselves on:
- Extending service intervals, which results in reduced lubricant consumption
- Increasing equipment life
- Reducing energy consumption
- Improving reliability, which means less expensive downtime
- Minimising inventory through multi-Purpose products
LE’s five unique additives are the main reason LE lubricants is able to provide the best possible product performance versus competitive brands, and consistently increase profitability for all our customers. We pride ourselves on:
Our Unique Additives
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Quinplex® Proprietary Additive Technology
- Quinplex® – Imparting Five Characteristics to LE’s Lubricants Quinplex® is a unique polymer that Lubrication Engineers uses in several of its lubricant formulations, predominately its food grade greases. The name Quinplex® is derived from the five principal characteristics this additive imparts to lubricants: tackiness, water resistance, cohesion, mechanical stability and corrosion resistance. Based on research originally done in Europe, the polymer’s beneficial…
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Duolec® Proprietary Gear Oil Additive Technology
- Duolec® Provides Anti-Wear & Extreme Pressure Protection Duolec® dual-acting additive imparts synergistic properties to lubricants, providing both anti-wear (AW) and extreme pressure (EP) protection. The result of revolutionary technology designed specifically for use in Lubrication Engineers gear lubricants, Duolec® increases oil film strength and is temperature-activated to provide a protective layer that smooths metal surfaces and minimizes the effects of any contact,…
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Monolec® Proprietary Liquid Additive Technology
- Monolec® Reduces Wear & Increases Film Strength Monolec® is LE’s proprietary liquid wear-reducing additive that creates a single molecular lubricating film on metal surfaces, vastly increasing oil film strength without affecting clearances. An invaluable component in many of LE’s engine oils, industrial oils and other lubricants, Monolec® allows opposing metal surfaces to slide by one another, greatly reducing friction, heat and…
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Almasol® Proprietary Solid Additive Technology
- Almasol® Provides Anti-Wear & Extreme Pressure Protection Almasol® is Lubrication Engineers proprietary solid film additive originally developed for use in the late 1950s. This soft, tan powder has been incorporated into many of LE’s industrial lubricating oils and greases. The microscopic particles are so small it would take approximately 8,000 of them to cover the punctuation mark at the end…
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LE uses various other additives to improve the quality and performance of our lubricants, including:
- Anti-Oxidants: these resist the formation of acids, sludge, varnish and high oil viscosity, which increases oil viscosity
- Extreme Pressure (EP) and Anti-Wear Agents: to protect against shock loading, scuffing, galling, adhesive wear and abrasive wear
- Corrosion Inhibitors: to protect against rust and corrosion
- Foam Inhibitors and Air Release Agents: these reduce foaming and air entrainment
- Demulsifying Agents: to enable the lubricant to separate from water faster
- Viscosity Index Improvers: to increase the operational temperature range of the lubricant
- Detergents: these keep equipment parts “clean” in high temperature operations and protect parts from rust formation
- Dispersants: these suspend foreign bodies within the lubricant by preventing them from agglomerating or collecting on engine parts to form sludge and varnish
- Pour Point Depressants: to lower the solidification temperature of the lubricant
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Greater oxidation resistance |
Operate at higher temperatures. Last longer – longer lubrication intervals. Less carbon, sludge, varnish & oil thickening from oxidation products |
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Better lubricity & higher film strength |
Less wear, friction & energy used |
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Higher natural viscosity index |
Offers more lubrication protection over a wide temperature range – thins less at higher temperatures & thickens less at lower temperatures |
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More compatible with seals & hose materials |
Longer seal & hose life. Less oil leakage |
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Greater water resistance |
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Why does Lubrication Engineers use 100% Paraffinic Base Oils?
Aside from LE’s five unique additives, another important reason for the quality and success of our products is due to the fact that we only use 100% paraffinic base oils to manufacture its products.
The best lubricating oils are made from paraffinic crudes. LE goes two steps further by only using US Mid-Continent crude (acknowledged as the best for lubricating oil) and by also using an extra refining step to remove more of the ‘undesirables’ in the base oil.