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About Heat Transfer Fluids and Thermal Oils

Heat transfer fluids and thermal oils are used to carry thermal energy in process heating, metal working, and machine cooling applications. There are several types of products. Circulating coolants, chiller fluids, anti-freezes, and refrigerants are used to transfer heat or provide cooling within machinery, process equipment or combustion engines. Hot oils, heater oils, and other thermal fluids are used to provide or transfer heat to a region near machinery or process equipment. Typically, products such as refrigerants, hot oils, and anti-freezes provide indirect heating or cooling and do not come into contact with the machinery or equipment. By contrast, metal working fluids and quenchants contact the workpiece or component directly. Most heat transfer fluids and thermal oils are used in circulating process heaters, chillers or coolers between a heat source and heat sink. Primary refrigerants provide cooling via phase changes or a Rankine cycle that consists of evaporative cooling and heat transfer. Secondary refrigerants include both circulating coolants and anti-freezes.


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Dielectric Greases and Insulating Fluids
Dielectric greases and insulating fluids are insulating oils, greases, transformer oils and fluids that have a high dielectric strength and are used in transformers, capacitors, EDM machining, and other electrical device applications.
Hydraulic Oil and Transmission Fluids, Industrial
Industrial hydraulic oil and transmission fluids are used to transmit power in hydraulic equipment and power transmission applications.
Industrial Greases
Industrial greases are thickened gels that consist of natural, synthetic, or semi-synthetic substances. They do not run off surfaces and are used in a variety of lubrication, sealing, and exclusion applications.
Industrial Lubricants
Industrial lubricants are oils, fluids, greases and other compounds designed to reduce friction, binding or wear and exclude moisture. Specialized characteristics may enhance thermal conduction across thermal interfaces or reduce electrical resistivity across electrical joints.
Metal Working Lubricants, Coolants and Fluids
Metal working lubricants, coolants and fluids are specialized coatings and carriers for metal forming, metal cutting, lapping, polishing, and grinding applications.
Mold Releases and Release Agents
Mold releases and release agents are film forming lubricating oils, solid lubricants, waxes, fluids or coatings that prevent other materials from sticking or adhering to an underlying surface.
Synthetic Oils, Greases and Lubricants
Synthetic oils, greases and lubricants are based on synthetic compounds such as silicone, polyglycol, esters, digesters, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and mixtures of synthetic fluids and water. 



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