Working Group Meetings
The ELGI Working Group meetings held this November in Amsterdam were coordinated by Constantin Madius. Members of these Working Groups are experts in their field and collaborate for the benefit of the industry. Information, ideas and developments are shared and debated to create industry standards and continuous improvement. Cross sector research is carried out and goals set thus benefiting from shared resources, expertise, equipment and finance.
The following subjects were appraised:
Food Grade Lubricants: chaired by Andre Adam Grease Particle Evaluation: chaired by Joe Kaperick Test Methods and Rheology: chaired by Olav Hoeger Bio-Based Greases: chaired by George Dodos Railway Lubricants: chaired by Terry Dicken
“Food and oil is often in the news, mainly in a negative context. The Food Grade Lubricants Working Group is well aware of this situation and discussed how we can better educate all parties concerned. The key element is the difference between products added to the food for process reasons (3H) and lubricants that are used to lubricate equipment but are not intended to be part of the food (H1). Recently CONCAWE published a booklet
addressing the question of lubricant safety. We are now finding ways to communicate this to the wider audience. The Working Group will also work on an additional industry position paper related to MOSH and MOAH to bring this in line with other initiatives such as the one in process by the VSI Germany. The Working Group discussed possible additional tools that can be made available to the lubricant industry to have a consistent correct message to the less informed,” explained Andre Adam, Chair of the Food Grade Lubricants Working Group.
“The Grease Particle Evaluation Working Group is in the process of distributing samples for a round robin evaluation of a proposed Hegman gage method. The Hegman gage has been used in the paint industry for pigment evaluation and a method has been adapted for determining the number and size of particles in greases. The Working Group discussion clarified a number of points in the draft method that should help participants in the round robin. It is hoped that the testing will be completed by the end of the year with the data being used to support the finalisation of an ASTM version of this method,” Joe Kaperick, Chair of the Grease Particle Evaluation Working Group summarised.
The Working Groups will meet again in April 2018 to follow-up, review and set new targets.
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