Ivanhoe offers foam control agents and non-ionic surfactants for the lubricant industry. While we focus most of our product development and application efforts on metalworking fluids, Ivanhoe’s foam control agents and surfactants are used in many types of lubricants including:
Hydraulic fluids
Food Grade Lubricants
Food Grade Lubricants
Gear Oils
Engine oils
Engine oils
Compressor fluids
Metal cleaners
Metal cleaners
Ivanhoe Industries has more than 40 years’ experience formulating and testing foam control agents for metalworking fluids. As a part of our valuable services, Ivanhoe will screen and test its foam control agents in our customer’s media for both stability and foam control performance. We have the ability to compare competitive products to Ivanhoe’s formulations to select the most effective foam control agent and reduce the demand on your R&D resources.
Products
Market Applications
| Foam Control Agents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | Silicone Emulsion | Oil Based | Surfactant Based | Non-Silicone | Non-GMO |
| Metalworking Fluids |  |
|
|
||
| Food Grade Lubricants | |
|
|
|
|
| Hydraulic Fluids | |
|
|||
| Emulsifiers, Solubilizers, and Lubricity Additives | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | Glycerol Esters | Polyglycerol Esters | Sorbitan Esters | Polysorbates | PEGs, PPGs, EO/PO Block Polymers | PEG, PPG, EO/PO Fatty Acid Esters |
| Metalworking Fluids | |
|
|
|
||
| Food Grade Lubricants | |
|
|
|
|
|
| Hydraulic Fluids | |
|
|
|||