Components for Metalworking Fluids

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BASF is one of the leading suppliers of high-performance components for metalworking fluids, offering a comprehensive range of specialties. As a key supplier to lubricant formulators, we understand our customers’ needs and innovate for your success.

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BASF offers a broad portfolio of lubricity enhancers, non-ionic emulsifiers, foam control agents, coupling agents and solubilizers for use in metalworking fluids

Product portfolio offers high performance, ease of emulsification and formulation stability in water-based metalworking fluids

SYNATIVE^® components for metalworking fomulations show favorable EHS profiles and other sustainability features

Typical Applications

Metal removal fluids

Metal cutting fluids
Metal grinding fluids
Drilling fluids
Diamond wafer cutting fluids

BASF fuel and lubricant solutions and industrial gears

Metal forming fluids

Steel rolling fluids
Aluminum processing fluids
Drawing fluids

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Our range of SYNATIVE^® lubricity improvers consist mainly of block copolymers for use in fully synthetic water-based metalworking fluids. These products offer excellent lubricity and low foaming properties, are easy to formulate, have a superior EHS profile and often provide additional benefits such as emulsion stability, improved wetting and detergency characteristics.

Key Features & Benefits

What properties and benefits can our lubricity improvers offer for high performance metalworking formulations?

Performance features

Excellent lubrication properties
Ease of emulsification and formulation
Superior hydrolytic stability
Low foaming properties
Co-emulsification
Improved wetting & detergency characteristics
Neutral pH values

Sustainability features

Lubricity Enhancers have strong EHS profile with options for 100% renewable feedstock (Biomass Balance)
Lubricity Enhancers and non-ionic emulsifiers help to maximize the operating life of the metalworking fluids to optimize waste management

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Our SYNATIVE^® offering comprises two block copolymer technologies for use as high performance lubricity improvers in fully synthetic water-based metalworking fluids. For further products with lubricity improver properties, kindly also refer to our Ester and PAG base stock portfolio.

Synative^® 17 R 2
Synative^® 17 R 4
Synative^® 25 R 2
Synative^® PE 10100
Synative^® RPE 1050
Synative^® RPE 1720
Synative^® RPE 1740
Synative^® RPE 2520

As a world leading supplier for lubricant components, we offer a broad range of products for use in metalworking fluids formulations.

Our SYNATIVE^® range consists of a broad portfolio of non-ionic emulsifiers for use in water-based metalworking fluids (soluble oils and semi-synthetic fluids). They offer miscibility with anionic and cationic surfactants, low foaming properties, hard water and electrolyte stability and other desirable properties like EHS profile can be achieved.

Key Features & Benefits

What properties and benefits can our emulsifiers offer for high performance metalworking formulations?

Performance features

Miscibility with anionic and cationic surfactants
Wide range of HLB values
Low foaming
Hard water stability
High solubility in concentrates

Sustainability features

Emulsifiers support the replacement of mineral oil systems by water-based solutions
Non-ionic emulsifiers help to maximize the operating life of the metalworking fluid
New generation low foaming label free emulsifiers available: SYNATIVE^® AC LF 420 (free of human hazard and aqua toxicity labels)

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Our SYNATIVE^® ranges consist of a broad portfolio of emulsifiers for use in water-based metalworking fluids

Synative^® AC 3370 V
Synative^® AC 3370 LK
Synative^® AC 3412 V
Synative^® AC 3830
Synative^® AC EP 5 LV
Synative^® AC ET 5 V
Synative^® AC 2142
Synative^® X AO 3
Synative^® AC RT 5
Synative^® AC RT 40
Synative^® X LF 403
Synative^® AC LF 420
Synative^® AC LS 54
Synative^® XA 60
Synative^® X 720
Synative^® AC B 33 V
Synative^® AC 3499
Synative^® AC K 100

As a world leading supplier for lubricant components, we offer a broad range of products for use in metalworking fluids formulations.

SYNATIVE^® AC AMH 2 shows excellent defoaming in neat metalworking fluids and optimal performance based on a mixture of various foam control additives. It supports air release and demulsification properties and is soluble in ester base stocks and mineral oils.

Performance features

Excellent defoaming in neat metalworking fluids in small concentrates
Air release and demulsification properties

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SYNATIVE^® AC AMH 2

As a world leading supplier for lubricant components, we offer a broad range of products for use in metalworking fluids formulations.

Our SYNATIVE^® AL portfolio comprises alcohols based on renewable raw materials for use as coupling agents and solubilizers in metalworking fluids. They are easy to formulate and promote stability of concentrated formulations (soluble oils and semi-synthetic fluids) with favorable EHS profile.

Performance features

Good solubility in esters & mineral oils
Stabilize concentrated formulations
Good low temperature properties
High additive compatibility
Excellent lubricity in rolling application
High thermal and oxidative stability

Sustainability features

Coupling Agents and Solubilizers show superior EHS profile and high renewable content

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SYNATIVE^® AL 80/85 V
SYNATIVE^® AL 90/95 V
SYNATIVE^® AL G16
SYNATIVE^® AL G20
SYNATIVE^® AL S

As a world leading supplier for lubricant components, we offer a broad range of products for use in metalworking fluids formulations.

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