Applications
Dow Corning® 557 Silicone Dry Film Lubricant can be used:
- In steel production where it can increase slitter-blade life, resulting in clean, square edges
- In aluminum production where it can lengthen the life of tools and dies, improve surface finish, lubricate sliding surfaces and surfaces during extruding, deep drawing or spinning
- In machine shops where it can improve surface finishes; extend the life of cutting tools, taps, dies, drills, slitters, and forming tools; reduce wear and reduce stick-slip or metal seizure on bearings, slides, cams adjusting screws, guides and ways
- For textile, paper and woodworking industries where it can reduce wear and friction and reduce product staining from spinning frames, knives, scissors, punches, chain, conveyors or material-handling equipment
- For rubber and plastic industries where it can reduce sticking, pickup or product contamination from handling equipment, knives, conveyors or sliding surfaces
Features
- Colorless
- Nonstaining
- Compositions
- Waxlike, extreme-pressure lubricant
- Supplied as liquid or aerosol; remains as wax film after solvent evaporation
