How to Solve Lubrication Issues in Polymeric Systems Faster?

In almost any polymer process, right selection of lubricants plays a significant part in enhancing your product’s quality, longevity while reducing the costs. However, your minor oversight can cost you a surging expense and increased R&D time!

So, why not pick the safer side? Through a better understanding of the fundamental principles of lubrication and interactions between components, you will be able to make careful selection of the lubricant-polymer pair.

Get all the pieces to the Lubricant Puzzle by joining this course! With expert guidance, you will:

• Gain a deeper knowledge on lubrication concepts & the role of lubricants – its types (esters, mineral oils, waxes, silicones, PAGs, PAOs...) vs polymers type and their pros & cons.


• Select the right lubricant faster with a better understanding of factors influencing selection (end-use requirements, surface technologies, environmental considerations – cradle to grave...).


• Enhance product lifetime in use (avoid part failure) by meeting the lubrication needs better for a given application (textile, automotive, high heat...).


• Shorten your product development time & improve cost-efficiency with practical guidance to attain long term competitive edge with leadership in your field.

R&D professionals working in Technology Development, Manufacturing/Operations and Service needing tackle lubrication issues faster to extend product lifetime, avoid part failure and reduce cost.

1. Strategic overview of lubrication concepts


2. Understanding Tribological systems: Needs and requirements


3. Lubricant Classes, their pros & cons vs Polymer Type & End use requirements
• Esters (Natural, Synthetic, Polymeric)
• Mineral Oils & Waxes
• Polyethers
• Silicones
• Polyalphaolefins (PAO)
• Polyalkeneglycols (PAG’s)


4. How to select lubricants for a given application?
• Textiles
• Automotive
• High heat applications


5. Combining the pieces of the Lubricant Puzzle
• End-use requirements
• Property needs
• Mechanical design
• Material selection
• Substrate and surface
• Lubricant type


6. Physical Testing
   • Efficiency
   • Compatibility with systems


7. 30 mins Q&A- Interact live/ ask questions directly from the expert !

About the Expert

Paul Seemuth is a recognized world expert in the field of Tribology. He holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry and has more than 30 years of experience in lubrication of polymers. Dr. Seemuth has 30+ publications and 15+ patents covering scientific endeavors on automotive additives and lubricants, formulations of fiber finishes, polymer production processes, heterogeneous catalysts and supercritical fluid applications.

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