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US 2018/0251699 A1Published application
Powder lubricant based on fatty acids and fatty acid glycerides and use thereof
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsGerrit Jan Odink, Amol Chinchole
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Abstract
A dry lubricant composition in powder form is provided based on a mixture of alkali metal salts of fatty acids and fatty acid glycerides which is useful in the production of aluminium cans in a deep drawing process, wherein the formed aluminium cans are immediately further processed to yield thin inorganic and/or organic protective coatings. The invention also encompasses the use of the lubricating powder for cold forming of aluminium as well as a process for the deep drawing of aluminium cans.
Claims20
A lubricating powder comprising:
- a) more than 60 wt.-% of at least one alkali metal salt of a fatty acid,
- b) at least one fatty acid mono-, di- or triglyceride,
- wherein the lubricating powder has a weight ratio of compounds according to component a) to compounds according to component b) that is not greater than 30.
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