Antifoams for Metalworking fluids

Antifoams of our Lubricant Additives segment exhibit extraordinary stability and filterability, thus providing excellent long term antifoaming properties and leading to major cost savings. They are based on either mineral oils, vegetable oils, silicone oils or organomodified siloxanes (OMS), which are our core competence.   

While organic antifoams show excellent compatibility but moderate efficiency, silicone-oil based antifoams offer high efficiency with often poor compatibility. Our specialty antifoams based on OMS provide the best of these two worlds - high compatibility combined with excellent performance. As an example, organomodified siloxane-based antifoams do not cause any detrimental effects in the finishing processes of treated parts, which are typical for silicone oil-containing antifoams.

In our regional competence centers we are able to design the properties of antifoams, such as compatibility and efficiency (function of surface activity), in order to meet your specific requirements. Long term stability of antifoams in metalworking fluid formulations must be achieved in order to minimize the addition of tank side antifoams.

Product listing

• AIRASE® 5100 Defoamer

  Formulated SSDL™ defoamer

• AIRASE® 5500 Defoamer

  Formulated SSDL™ defoamer

• AIRASE® 8070 Defoamer

  Defoamer and de-aerator

• NONIDET® RK18

  Ultra low foaming nonionic surfactant.

• NONIDET® SF3

  Low foaming nonionic surfactant.

• NONIDET® SF5

  Low foaming nonionic surfactant.

• REWOMID® DC 212

  Corrosion inhibitor and dirt carrier used in vibratory surface finishing compounds. Improves cleaning by removing grease or dirt from work peaces and allows the production of high quality smooth surfaces.

• SURFYNOL® 104

  Nonionic dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® 104A

  Nonionic dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® 104BC

  Nonionic dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® 104DPM

  Nonionic dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® 104H
• SURFYNOL® 104PG

  Nonionic dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® 104PG50

  Nonionic dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® 420

  Nonionic low-foaming dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® 440

  Nonionic low-foaming dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® AD01

  Nonionic dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® DF110D

  Nonionic molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® DF110L

  Nonionic molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® DF178

  Defoamer and de-aerator.

• SURFYNOL® DF58

  Organo-modified silicone-based defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® MD20

  Molecular defoamer.

• SURFYNOL® PC

  Molecular defoamer.

• TEGO® Antifoam 14

  Highly compatible antifoam for the use in water-miscible metal working fluid concentrates - particularly for soluble oils and as tank side defoamer and in metal cleaners.

• TEGO® Antifoam 1488

  Tank side defoamer for wm MWF which combines long term efficiency with maximum compatibility

• TEGO® Antifoam 2080

  Antifoam concentrate based on organomodified siloxanes for use in mineral oil based neat metalworking oils. Provides the same defoaming efficiency at much higher deaeration rate of the base oil compared to silicone oil based defoamers.

• TEGO® Antifoam 32 H

  16 % active defoamer dispersion based on silicone oil and organo modified siloxanes. Excellent alkaline and electrolyte stability, even at elevated temperatures. Especially suitable for metal cleaners.

• TEGO® Antifoam 691

  TEGO® Antifoam 691 is a highly efficient, 100 % active defoamer compound based on an organo- modified siloxane of a brand new structure.

• TEGO® Antifoam 692

  TEGO® Antifoam 692 is a highly efficient, 100 % active defoamer compound based on an organo- modified siloxane of a brand new structure.

• TEGO® Antifoam 793

  Highly compatible and therefore suitable for all kinds of water-miscible metal working fluids; can be used in concentrates and as tank side defoamer.

• TEGO® Antifoam 891

  TEGO® Antifoam 891 is a 100 % active defoamer concentrate based on organo-modified siloxanes.

• TEGO® Antifoam MR 1015

  Suitable for all kinds of wm MWF; can be used in wm MWF concentrates and as tank side defoamer, also recommended for the use in metal cleaners as it exhibits excellent alkaline stability even at higher temperatures

• TEGO® Antifoam MR 2124

  Si-free tank side defoamer for water-miscible metal working fluids, provides excellent foam knock-down and improved filterability in comparison to competitive wax-based antifoams.

• VARINE® O

  Corrosion inhibitor for greases rust preventives and industrial lubricants. Protects against strong acidic attack. Acts as emulsifier in soluble in water soluble metalworking fluids.