Lubricant Trends And Developments

Potential new regulations could pose stringent new standards on glassmaking lubricants. The EC is discussing the need for introducing a new ECO label for lubricants within the EU. Its main concern is to promote the design, production and use of products with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle. Total loss lubricants will be targeted. This is not just to promote reduced water and soil pollution, but also to save exhaustible energy resources and even more about reaching higher performance during usage to cut energy consumption. New lubricants will have to have lower environmental impact during use phase, a move especially true and burdening for total loss lubrication.