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Typical Krytox Applications by Industry

Aerospace

  • valves & o-rings in oxygen service
  • LOX pump bearing housings
  • gyroscope fluid
  • fuel pumps
  • hydraulic fuel valves
  • actuation & control systems

Automotive

  • CV Joints
  • anti-lock braking systems
  • fuel pumps
  • wheel bearings
  • alternator bearings
  • spark plug boots & threads
  • universal joints
  • rear axle drive flange
  • weather stripping

Chemical Manufacturing (oxidizers, explosives, caustics, corrosives)

  • control valves
  • stopcocks, ground glass joints
  • pressure relief valves
  • induced draft fan bearings
  • pumps in chlorine service
  • seals, o-rings in storage tanks
  • reactor agitator shaft seals
  • stack emission control valves
  • knife gate valves, sulfuric acid mfr.
  • particle sifter gyrator
  • metering pumps
  • plug valves, corrosive chemical service
  • slide valves, gearboxes

Clean Rooms

  • valves & bearings
  • overhead conveyor systems

Electronics

  • rack & pinion disk drives
  • laser/compact disks
  • electric motor bearings
  • plasma etch systems
  • electroplating equipment
  • wave soldering machines
  • clean room equipment
  • wafer processing equipment

Fire Safety

  • SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus)
  • sprinkler systems – valves, o-rings
  • fire detectors
  • deluge valve systems

Food Processing & Packaging

  • bearings, chains & gear boxes
  • high temperature fans & ovens
  • vacuum pumps & valves

Foundries / Metal Manufacturing

  • pump shaft bearings
  • hot roll bearings
  • plug valves
  • stack emission control valves
  • electric arc furnaces

Copiers and Laser Printers

  • fuser rollers
Oil / Petrochemicals

  • down-hole drilling equipment
  • emission control valves
  • pipeline inspection equipment
  • camshaft bearings – inlet control valves
  • line system valves

Optics

  • laser optics
  • vacuum chamber thrust bearings
  • optical stage equipment
  • laser positioning gears
  • sputtered coatings

Oven Conveyor Systems

  • kiln car bearings, trolley bearing assemblies

Oxygen Service

Paper & Pulp Manufacturing

  • single facer corrugating machines
  • sodium hypochlorite bleach-valve stem
  • through-air drying equipment
  • hot oil unions

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Plastics Manufacturing

  • blow & fill rotator bearings
  • gear pumps, extrusion lines
  • heated roll bearings
  • injection molding equipment

Power Generation

  • high temperature bearings & valves
  • electric submersible equipment
  • pillow block bearings on fan coil units
  • control rod drive mechanisms
  • inlet control valves
  • turbine cam follower roller bearings
  • sump pump bearings
  • steam turbine governor
  • sootblower carriage bearings and gears
  • hydro grate stoker
  • damper bearings
  • steam and other high temperature valves
  • knife gate valves
  • fan bearings
  • gas turbine trunnion bearing
  • steam turbine governor
  • radiation resistant lubricant
  • switchgear electrical contacts

Textile Manufacturing

  • extruding lines
  • dye machines
  • needle looms
  • separator roll & pillow block bearings

Vacuum Systems

  • light bulb manufacturing
  • electrostatic ion beam systems
  • metal deposition

Water Treatment

  • co-deck rotary union
  • chlorine whips
  • ozone cells, diaphragm housing sealant
  • water immersed valves & bearings

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS & RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS:

Krytox GPL 206 and GPL 226 are designed to meet the requirements of most applications. Other grades are designed for specific industry applications.

 Applications Krytox Product
Valves: plug, ball, and release GPL 206 or 226
Oxygen equipment valves GPL 206 or 240 AC (Mil-Spec)
LOX pump bearing housings GPL 103
Automotive: CV joints & wheel bearings GPL 215
Axle & drive plates GPL 217
Seals and Gaskets GPL 205 or 206
Weather stripping GPL 105
Alternator needle bearings GPL 226 or 283 AC
Anti-lock braking systems GPL 223
Single facer corrugating machines Corrugator 226 FG or 227 FG
High temperature bearings

Copier fuser rollers

XHT-BDX

GPL 206

Dupont Krytox Competitive Product Cross Reference Chart

Krytox-Cross-Reference Chart

MILITARY SPECIFICATIONS:

Meats MIL-PRF-27617 Type I                        Krytox 240AZ

Meats MIL-PRF-27617 Type II                        Krytox 240AB

Meats MIL-PRF-27617 Type III                       Krytox 240AC

Meats SM-C-806563                                     Krytox 240AD

FOOD GRADE:

NSF H-1 Food Grade certified:                      Krytox FG series (now discontinued)

GPL 202

GPL 203

GPL 205

GPL 206

GPL 223

GPL 225

GPL 226

XHT-SX

XHT-AC

XHT-ACX

GPL 105

XHT-500

XP-1A5

VPF 1506

VPF 1514

VPF 1525

All other Krytox lubricants are NSF H-2 rated for non-food contact

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