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
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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
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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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