Press Release

New special oil for high-speed knitting machines

Less residues and wear for higher production efficiency

Munich, 12 November 2015 – Together with a leading manufacturer of large circular knitting machines, Klüber Lubrication has developed the new needle and sinker oil Klüber Silvertex HS 68. The new special oil significantly reduces wear and deposits on the heavily loaded, sensitive needles and sinkers. As a consequence, operation is much less liable to disruption and the need for maintenance is reduced, contributing to higher efficiency in production.

"With Klüber Silvertex HS 68, speed factors of 2100 or higher can be attained, which in a 30-inch machine means 70 revolutions per minute," explains Christian Forster, Market Manager Textile Industry at Klüber Lubrication. "Thus, a daily output of more than 1500 kilogrammes of single knit fabric is possible with this product, leading to significantly higher plant economy."

Klüber Silvertex HS 68 for modern circular and flat-bed knitting machines is compatible with elastane fibres and commonly used synthetic fibres as well as neutral towards conventional sealing materials and plastics. The high-speed oil protects needles, sinkers, couplings, needle cams and cylinders, dials and sinker rings reliable against wear. It has been tested and approved by a leading high-speed knitting machine manufacturer.

About Klüber Lubrication

Klüber Lubrication is one of the world's leading manufacturers of speciality lubricants, offering high-end tribological solutions to virtually all industries and markets worldwide. Most products are developed and made to specific customer requirements. During its more than 80 years of existence, Klüber Lubrication has provided high-quality lubricants, thorough consultation and extensive services, which has earned it an excellent reputation in the market. The company holds all common industrial certifications and operates a testing section hardly rivalled in the lubricants industry.

Klüber Lubrication, set up as a retail company for mineral oil products in Munich in 1929, is today part of Freudenberg Chemical Specialities SE & Co. KG, a Business Group of the Freudenberg Group, Weinheim. Klüber Lubrication has about 2.000 employees in more than 30 countries.

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About Freudenberg Chemical Specialities

Freudenberg Chemical Specialities Munich, was founded in 2004 as a new Business Group within the Freudenberg Group, Weinheim, Germany, a family-owned, diversified technology company with a history of more than 160 years. Freudenberg Chemical Specialities has a lean, market-oriented organisation with Management Board and Corporate Functions. Its objective is to promote innovation potentials in its field of activities and to expand world-wide market leadership in special lubricants and release agents. The Business Group includes five largely independent divisions which are active in more than 50 countries: Klüber Lubrication, Chem-Trend, SurTec, Capol and OKS.

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Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG
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