Ecolab USA Inc.

Ecolab Inc.

Arturo S Valencia Sil

Eric Daniel Morrison

Lawrence A Grab

David Arnold Halsrud

Bruce E Schmidt

Guang-Jong Jason Wei

Richard Dana Johnson

Stefan Seemeyer

Hector R Dibenedetto

Scott P Bennett

G Jason Wei

Megan W Malvey

Jessica L Anacker

Guang-Jong Jason Weiu

Jessica L Ancker

The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a mixture of a water-miscible silicone material and a water-miscible lubricant. The mixture can be applied in relatively low amounts, to provide thin, substantially non-dripping lubricating films. In contrast to dilute aqueous lubricants, the lubricants of the invention provide drier lubrication of the conveyors and containers, a cleaner conveyor line and reduced lubricant usage, thereby reducing waste, cleanup and disposal problems.

Dry lubricant for conveying containers

The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a lubricant composition comprising a water-miscible silicone material having a silicone emulsion wherein the silicone emulsion contains less than 500 ppm of a triethanolamine salts of alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compounds.

Lubricant for conveying containers

A method for lubricating the passage of a conveyor comprising applying an undiluted lubricant composition through non-energized nozzles to at least a portion of the conveyor, the lubricant composition comprising a silicone emulsion and a water-miscible lubricant, the lubricant composition having a viscosity of less than 40 centipoise when measured using a Brookfield viscometer with an RV2 spindle at a spindle speed of 20 RPM and the lubricant composition being substantially free of a triethanolamine salt of dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid.

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Naucalpan, Mexico

Arturo S Valencia Sil