Metalworking
The more you know about metalworking formulations, the
clearer the choice becomes.
Gone are the days when you could choose a hydrocarbon
fluid simply because of its solvency power and cost.
Today your business decisions are much more complex
combining:
- Product performance
- Protection of employee and user health
- Environmental responsibilities
Somentor™, Exxsol™ D and Isopar™ hydrocarbon fluids are a leading choice for cooling and lubrication
fluids used in metalworking processes.
Wide product portfolio enables tailor-made formulations to meet customers’ specific needs.
What application are you looking for?
ExxonMobil’s Somentor™ hydrocarbon
fluids provide good safety and
performance required by the aluminum
industry. It has been widely used for more
than three decades.
Somentor™ hydrocarbon fluids are specially
designed for the aluminum-rolling industry,
offering:
- Improved annealing properties that reduce the potential of production rejects
- FDA compliance for use in the production of food-packaging foils and sheets1
- Low odor to ensure good working environment
1 FDA 21 chapter 178.3910 (a) and (b) regulations. This webpage is not the official source for regulatory claims. For regulatory compliance statements, please contact Customer Service
We have a portfolio of narrow range products to meet your needs, balancing flash point and drying time.
In metal forming processes such as stamping, punching,
rolling or drawing, Somentor, Exxsol D and Isopar
fluids offer:
- High degrees of quality and consistency for reliable forming fluid formulation performance
- Narrow boiling range for optimized formulations and drying times
- Choice of boiling ranges and flash points allows for
tailored fluid formulations (select from wide range of
evaporation rates & viscosities)
- Exxsol D: lower boiling point, faster evaporation rate
- Somentor: medium to high viscosity with higher flash point
- Isopar: narrower boiling range
- Low aromatics
Exxsol D and Isopar fluids give formulators of rust prevention oils optimum control over product
performance and a high level of safety and comfort for their employees and customers.
Exxsol D and Isopar fluids offer:
- A balance of tailored drying times, viscosity, lubrication and safe operating conditions
- Good spreading and wetting properties
- Low aromatic content resulting in low odor, lower toxicity
The odor intensity result is expressed in parts per million (ppm) of n-butanol. A larger value of butanol concentration means a stronger odor.
Improved comfort
Lower dilution ratio stands for lower odor.
Traditional hydrocarbon fluids
ExxonMobil Product Solutions
Dilution ratio (thousands)
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Wide cut kerosene
White spirit
High flash kerosene
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
Exxsol™ D40
Exxsol™ D60
Exxsol™ D80
Isopar™ L
Detection threshold
Recognition threshold
The detection threshold (DT) is an estimate of the number of dilutions needed to make the actual odorous air sample “non-detectable”.
The recognition threshold (RT) is also a “dilution ratio” and represents the number of dilutions needed to make the odor sample “faintly recognizable".
Test done by St. Croix Sensory Inc., based on ASTM E679-04 and ASTM E544-10
Single sample test based on ExxonMobil method: EC-M-F01 Interpolated 0.05g starting weight.
Conditions:
Temperature: 23 ± 2℃
Relative humidity: 50 ± 5%
Evaporable oils typically provide a thin lubricant layer on a
part during processing that swiftly evaporates afterward.
For fast-drying evaporable formulations, Exxsol D fluids
offer:
- Simplified operations, no secondary cleaning step is necessary
- Very low viscosity formulations for fast and uniform spreading
For odorless evaporable forming oils, Isopar fluids offer:
- Enable the formulation of outstanding self- evaporable oils
- Comply with selected food contact applications
- Result in fast and uniform spreading of the formulated oil on metal parts
EDM is a sophisticated process to shape complex and highly defined components. Exxsol D and Isopar fluids help control equipment temperature during electro discharge while quickly
removing residual metallic pieces.
Advantages of Exxsol D and Isopar fluids:
- Low electric conductivity for spark control
- High flash points for great safety margins and applicability in higher-power sparking applications
- High thermal and chemical stability for long fluid life, better fluid integrity, fluid reuse and performance
Product solutions
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Dearomatized hydrocarbon solvents
Exxsol™ fluids maintain good solvency characteristics for a wide variety of applications.
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Synthetic isoparaffins
Isopar™ solvents are high-purity synthetic isoparaffins with consistent and uniform quality, thanks to selected feedstocks and controlled manufacturing processes. They deliver the narrowest boiling ranges for hydrocarbon fluids.
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