We Can Help

It our intent to provide you, the customer, with the most cost effective, specialty lubricant solution for the most challenging applications. We have resources available to help consult and select a solution, and also to test and validate the desired performance is achieved.

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You Need Testing Support

Technical support is available starting with our trained distributor network to answer product related questions and help with making product recommendations. Applications requiring more consideration may make use of Dow Silicones Technical Customer Service, and beyond this, Application Engineers are available to more fully work with prototypes or design/perform testing which helps to identify the correct product solution through data creation.

Application Engineering and Product Development

With a long history of MOLYKOTE® comes the ability to draw on product performance in real applications and knowing what has worked well in the past to more quickly get to a plausible solution for the next lubrication problem. If it is found that the right product just does not exist, we can partner with the customer to identify the needs and work to develop a new product that does meet the needs.

Lab Capabilities

A wide variety of ASTM, DIN, ISO and other standard tests can be conducted in North America as well as other locations around the globe. Laboratory capabilities range from basic physical properties to specialized equipment for load, friction or wear. Other capabilities include full corporate resources from DuPont for prototyping, imaging and analytical testing. Manufacturing equipment is also available to develop new products in a small scale setting prior to advancing to full scale production.

Material Properties

Viscosity
Non Volatile Content
Bleed
Evaporation
Penetration/Consistency
Dropping Point
Density
Elastomer Volume Swell
Salt Spray Corrosion
EMCOR Corrosion
Copper Corrosion
Low Temp Torque
Water Spray/Wash Off
Pencil Hardness
Rockwell Hardness
Scratch & Adhesion
Profilometer
Grease Mobility
Lincoln Ventmeter
Mandrel Bend Test
Tannis Foam

Other Resources

Wiesbaden Germany
Chiba Japan
External Tribology Laboratories
Midland Local & Other
Oil Analysis & Other
Miscellaneous
ASTM
Organizations/Societies
6 Sigma Methodology

Application & Product Development

Spray booth for Coating Application
Dip Spin for Coating Application
Screen Printing
Ovens for Heat Aging, Solvent Flash and Cure
Change Can Mixer (Shear, Vacuum, Heat)
Centrifugal and Paddle Blade Mixing
3 Roll Mill (Particle Size)
Ball Mill
Surface Conditioning
Media Blast, Detergent Wash, Phosphating

Material Performance

4 Ball Wear
4 Ball Weld (Extreme Pressure)
Cameron Plint
(Linear Reciprocating Wear & CoF)
Mini Traction Machine
(CoF & Traction)
Falex Pin on Vee
(Endurance & Load Carrying)
UMT-3 (Universal Mechanical Tester)
(Friction, Wear, 3 Point Bending up to 1000C)
LFW Load Friction Wear
(Rotating and Oscillating)
Press Fit (CoF)
Taber (Abrasion Resistance)
Bolt Tension/Torque Testing

Image Capture

Optical Stereoscope
Magnification
Geometric Measurement
3D Topography
Photo Station
Digital SLR Camera
Acoustic Emissions
Bearing Analyzer