Company: Klüber Lubrication

Website: www.klubersolutions.com

Equipment Snapshot: Klüber Lubrication, a worldwide manufacturer of specialty lubricants, has released Klüberpaste UH1 96-402, a light-colored, high-temperature paste designed for assembly applications in hygienically sensitive, high temperature food processing and pharmaceutical environments.

Klüberpaste UH1 96-402 contains fully synthetic base oils and a special blend of ceramic solid lubricants. Across the normal temperature range up to approximately 160°C, Klüberpaste UH1 96-402 is a water-resistant lubricating and assembly paste that provides good adhesion on metals. Under permanently higher temperatures up to 1200°C, its solid lubricating particles provide protection against tribocorrosion or fretting corrosion. Klüberpaste UH1 96-402 is ISO 21469 certified.

Klüberpaste UH1 96-402 is NSF H1 registered and is suitable for a variety of friction points in food-processing and pharmaceutical machines that are subject to high loads, including:

• as an assembly paste for transition and loose fits to prevent fretting corrosion
• as a paste for screw connections based on high-alloy steels to optimize the tightening torque and demounting, even after long operating periods
• as a long-term lubricant for low-speed guide rails, hinges, rollers, etc.