Lubricants for conveyor belt installation in the food industry
AssigneeDiversey Lever, Inc.
InventorsHolger Theyssen, Karlheinz Laping, Stefan Wiemer
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Abstract
A lubricant concentrate is disclosed, of which the aqueous use solution is suited for lubricating, cleaning and disinfecting of feed and conveyance installations in the food industry, particularly immersion or automatic belt lubricating equipment, the concentrate including (i) one or more amines; (ii) one or more ether carboxylic acid compounds; (iii) one or more polyethyleneglycol (PEG's); and (iv) up to 99 wt. % (wt/wt) of the usual aids and additives.
Claims8
Lubricant concentrate, of which the aqueous use solution is suited for lubricating, cleaning and disinfecting of feed and conveyance installations in the food industry, comprising:
- (i) from 0.5 to 6 wt. % of at least one amine;
- (ii) from 1 to 6 wt. % of an ether carboxylic acid compound with the general formula I
- R.sup.1 --(O(CH.sub.2).sub.m).sub.n OCH.sub.2 COO.sup.-M.sup.+(I)
- wherein
- R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of a saturated, linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alkyl rest, a mono or polyunsaturated, linear or branched, alkenyl or alkinyl rest with 2 to 22 carbon atoms and a mono or poly C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.22 alkenyl or alkinyl substituted aryl rest,
- m is 2 or 3,
- n is a positive number in the range of 1 to 30, and
- M is hydrogen or an alkali metal;
- (iii) from 1.5 to 9 wt. % of a polyethyleneglycol with the general formula II
- H--(OC.sub.2 H.sub.4).sub.n --OH (II),
- wherein n is a positive number between 5 and less than 100,000;
- (iv) from 79 to 96.5 wt. % of water.
An aqueous lubricant solution comprising a lubricant concentrate diluted with water by a factor of 2 to 10,000 on a volume basis, the concentrate comprising:
- (i) from 0.5 to 6 wt. % of at least one amine;
- (ii) from 1 to 6 wt. % of an ether carboxylic acid compound with the general formula I
- R.sup.1 --(O(CH.sub.2).sub.m).sub.n OCH.sub.2 COO.sup.- M.sup.+(I),
- wherein
- R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of a saturated, linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alkyl rest, a mono or polyunsaturated, linear or branched, alkenyl or alkinyl rest with 2 to 22 carbon atoms and a mono or poly C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.22 alkenyl or alkinyl substituted aryl rest,
- m is 2 or 3,
- n is a positive number in the range of 1 to 30, and
- M is hydrogen or an alkali metal;
- (iii) from 1.5 to 9 wt. % of a polyethyleneglycol with the general formula II
- H--(OC.sub.2 H.sub.4).sub.n --OH (II),
- wherein n is a positive number between 5 and less than 100,000;
- (iv) from 79 to 96.5 wt. % of water.
A process for the conveyance of beverage packagings selected from the group consisting of metal, glass, paper, cardboard and plastic, comprising contacting a beverage conveyance installation with a lubricating amount of an aqueous lubricant solution, the solution being formed by dilution of a lubricant concentrate with water by a factor of 2 to 10,000 on a volume basis, the concentrate comprising:
- (i) from 0.5 to 6 wt. % of at least one amine;
- (ii) from 1 to 6 wt. % of an ether carboxylic acid compound with the general formula I
- R.sup.1 --(O(CH.sub.2).sub.m).sub.n OCH.sub.2 COO.sup.-M.sup.+(I),
- wherein
- R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of a saturated, linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alkyl rest, a mono or polyunsaturated, linear or branched, alkenyl or alkinyl rest with 2 to 22 carbon atoms and a mono or poly C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.22 alkenyl or alkinyl substituted aryl rest,
- m is 2 or 3,
- n is a positive number in the range of 1 to 30, and
- M is hydrogen or an alkali metal;
- (iii) from 1.5 to 9 wt. % of a polyethyleneglycol with the general formula II
- H--(OC.sub.2 H.sub.4).sub.n --OH (II),
- wherein n is a positive number between 5 and less than 1 00,000;
- (iv) from 79 to 96.5 wt. % of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.