Description:

Gulf Way series are superior quality lubricants specially developed to meet the requirements of modern high production machine tool slideways. These oils are formulated from high quality base stocks and select additives to provide excellent anti-wear and EP characteristics, low frictional properties, adhesiveness filterability and water separating capabilities. These oils offer superior protection against oil degradation and corrosion of machine tool surfaces even in presence of aqueous cutting fluids. They are specially developed to reduce the “stick-slip” problems with slow moving and heavily loaded machine tool slides and lead to improved surface finish and dimensional accuracy of workpieces. These oils exceed the performance requirements of the Fives Cincinnati specifications - P-47 (ISO VG 68), P-50 (ISO VG 220), and P-53 (ISO VG 32). 

Features & Benefits:

• Low frictional properties reduce chatter and stick-slip of slides and ways and lead to improved surface finish and dimensional accuracy of workpieces.
• Excellent demulsibility provides ready separation from soluble cutting fluids and leads to prolonged coolant life and reduced cost of replacement and disposal.
• Superior metal wetting properties and adhesiveness resist wash-off from critical surfaces and protect from attack of high pH coolants.
• Good filterability provides easy circulation through filters and reduces stick-slip, chatter and wear.
• Excellent anti-wear performance provides high levels of protection for gears, bearings and slides.
• Effective rust and corrosion inhibitors provide enhanced protection of machine tool slides even in presence of aqueous cutting fluids.
• Good thermal and oxidative stability keeps sliding surfaces clean and resists oil degradation thereby increasing its service life.

Applications:

• Slides and ways of lathes, shapers, grinders and milling machines.
• Gulf Way 32 and 68 are suitable for horizontal slides and ways on small to medium size machine tools.
• Gulf Way 220 is recommended for large machines where way pressures are high and also for vertical and inclined slides and ways.