December Webinars: GHS Regulations, CM & Grease Compatibility

Join us this holiday season for some great education, including a hot topic in the metalworking fluids industry - OSHA's New GHS Regulations, the last event in the Condition Monitoring Data Interpretation Series: Advanced Report Reading, and Grease Compatibility. Registration is now open for all 2012 events. Be sure to get in some continuing education before you leave for your holiday break. I hope you have a good holiday season and safe travels, and here's to a productive 2013!

OSHA's New GHS Regulations - Challenges for Metalworking Fluid Formulators
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 5, 2012; 12-1pm Central with additional Q&A from 1-1:30pm
Instructor: John Howell, Safety, Health and Environmental Specialist at GHS Resources, Inc.
Overview: Among the many challenges metalworking formulators need to understand is how to use the new GHS mixture rules to classify metalworking formulations. Another challenge is where to find raw material classification information if its not yet been provided by your raw material supplier. We will go through OSHA's new tiered approach for mixtures: use test data when available; use bridging principles if applicable and, if neither of these first two approaches work for you, how to estimate hazards based on known ingredient information. We will learn how to use the European Chemicals Agency's Classification and Labeling Inventory to ascertain classification information for raw materials and then work through the algorithms for skin and eye irritation and for acute toxicity. This will give formulators a head start in understanding how metalworking products will be classified under the new rules.
Fee: $39 members/$59 non-members
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Advanced Report Reading (last event in the CM Data Interpretation Series)
Date/Time: Tuesday, December 11, 2012; 12-1pm Central with additional Q&A from 1-1:30pm
Instructor: Evan Zabawski, CLS & Editor of TLT
Overview: The final module of this series will impart tips on quickly and effectively reading a standard oil analysis report and move into a review of generalized examples applicable to virtually any application.
Fee: $39 members/$59 non-members
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[Click here] to register for the entire series - you get access to all 6 recordings for a 10% savings! The events include: Advanced Data Interpretation, Spectrographic Data Interpretation I: Contaminants & Wear, Spectrographic Data Interpretation II: Additive Metals, Physical Properties Data Interpretation, Additional Testing and Advanced Report Reading. You can also purchase each event individually.

Grease Compatibility
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 12, 2012; 12-1pm Central with additional Q&A from 1-1:30pm
Instructor: Heinrich Braun, Global Technical Grease Team Lead, ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties
Overview: Grease compatibility is an important consideration when converting from one grease to another. Mixing incompatible greases can produce a lubricant with significantly inferior performance to its constituents, and thus have a negative effect on the ability of the grease mix to perform in the application. This webinar will address grease compatibility based on grease constituents, common observations when mixing incompatible greases, as well as some best practices of grease compatibility testing.
Fee: $39 members/$59 non-members
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What are you looking forward to in 2013? What are your new year's resolutions? Leave a comment below!

The Benefits of Balanced Grease Formulations with Paul Grives, ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties



Paul Grives

In this interview, we talk to Paul Grives, Global Industrial Marketing Advisor at ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties. He has over 22 years of experience in the field of lubricants, primarily focused on greases.

Paul covers a variety of topics related to grease including:

• Why you would use a grease over a lubricant
• Function in an application
• What goes into a typical formulation
• How a formulation is balanced
• NLGI grades
• Typical grease applications (including high/low temperature and extreme environments)
• Common problems like grease compatibility and over-greasing

To listen, click the "play" button in the slide bar below, or click here to download/save the file and play it back at your convenience. This is also a great way to take the information with you and learn on the go - download it to your iPod or other mp3 player, and you're all set for a trip. Be sure to save or print out the interview notes and transcript. You can use the transcript as a guide to skip ahead to the topics you want to listen to right away.

If you're interested in more information on greases and grease formulations, try the following resources:

• Understanding Grease Construction and Function, Best Practices Article, TLT
• Lubricant Composition, STLE University Online Short Course covering additives, base oils and greases
• Annual Meeting Education Courses: Basic Lubrication 101/102 and 103, Advanced Lubrication, NGLI Basics of Grease/Grease 101
• STLE University Webinars:
• Grease Compatibility, STLE University Webinar, taking place in December 2012, given by Heinrich Braun, Global Grease Team Lead, ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties
• Grease and its Use in Food Processing with instructor Wayne Mackwood, Global Grease Market Manager, Chemtura
• Base Oils: Their Manufacture, Properties, Performance and Applications with instructor John Rosenbaum, Chevron
• Synthetics: Existing and Emerging Materials with instructor Ken Hope, Senior Program Leader PAO & AB, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

What are your questions about grease? Are you experiencing any problems or challenges in lubricating your equipment with grease? Submit your questions in the comments section below, and we'll have our subject matter experts answer your questions!