The Total Approach to

Compressor Lubrication

Performance, Compatibility and

Longer Product Life at a
Competitive Price
Dow Corning’s Converting
commitment to The MOLYKOTE compressor product line and
serving all your technical expertise make conversion from nearly
lubricant needs every fluid technology painless. We have the ability to
with superior eliminate the risk of changing lubricants by providing
technology the following:
is stronger
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than ever with
MOLYKOTE®
High Performance Compressor Lubricants. These
competitively priced compressor lubricants stand
above others in performance and are backed by
Dow Corning’s global resources and outstanding
support.
MOLYKOTE compressor oils are formulated to
meet, and often exceed, the OEM lubrication
• Obtain two compressor oil samples; one new,
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to serve as a benchmark and
one sample of oil currently in your compressor for
use in assessing the condition of oil in use
• Compressor make and model
• Compressor discharge temperature
• Verify gas stream – what gas or gasses are being
compressed?
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The MOLYKOTE
requirements. These lubricants can save your
team will take
facility money through:
this information
and make a
professional
recommendation
for conversion.

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 MOLYKOTE® Compressor Oils
Viscosity Flash
Viscosity Viscosity Pour Point Fire Point Corrosion
ISO Base Additive Index Point
MOLYKOTE @ 40°C @ 100°C ASTM D97 ASTM D92 ASTM
VG Oil Package ASTM ASTM
[cSt.] [cSt.] [°C] [°C] D130
D2270 D92 [°C]
L-1232 32 PAO R&O 30 6 144 -60 +243 +271 1a
1
L-1232FG 32 PAO R&O 30 6 138 -60 +241 +268 1a

L-1246 46 PAO R&O 44 8 138 -57 +268 +279 1a

L-1246FG 46 PAO R&O 47 8 138 -42 +246 +274 1a

L-1268 68 PAO R&O 62 9 121 -54 +271 +304 1a

L-1668FG 68 MO/PAO R&O 63 9 113 -18 +229 +241 1a

L-1210 100 PAO R&O 98 14 145 -48 +271 +288 1a

L-4611 100 DE R&O 98 10 62 -28 +268 +291 1a

L-0610 100 MO R&O 107 12 100 -18 +260 +274 1a

¹ FG indicates NSF H1 food grade status

Competitive Product Cross-Reference

ISO VG MOLYKOTE ARAL CASTROL KLÜBER EXXON/MOBIL SHELL TEXACO

L-1232 Summit SH Rarus SHC Corena AS Cetus PAO

32
L-1232FG Summit HySyn FG DTE FM 32
L-1246 Motanol SPA Aircol SR Summit SH Rarus SHC Corena AS Cetus PAO
46
L-1246FG Eural Comp Summit HySyn FG DTE FM 46 Cassida CR
L-1268 Motanol SPA Aircol SR Summit SH Rarus SHC Corena AS Cetus PAO
68
L-1668FG Eural Comp DTE FM 68 Cassida VP
L-1210 Motanol SPA Summit SH Cetus PAO
100 L-4611 Summit DSL Rarus 800 Corena AP
L-0610 Motanol HP Aircol PD Rarus 400 Vacuum pump oil 100

ISO VG MOLYKOTE Anderol Atlas Copco Gardner Denver Kaeser LeRoi Quincy Sullair

L-1232 Anderol 3032 GA-8K Sigma 8000 S-320 SSL-32 LLL-4-32

32
L-1232FG Anderol FGC-10 GA-FG SSL-35F
L-1246 Anderol 3046 HD Roto-Fluid Plus Aeron 9000SP Sigma 8000 S-460 SSL-46 Quinsyn LLL-4-46
46
L-1246FG Anderol FGC-20 Aeron 6000FG Sigma 8000 FG-460 Quinsyn FG Food Grade
L-1268 Aeron 9000 Sigma 8000 S-680
68
L-1668FG
L-1210 Anderol 3100 LLL-4-100
100 L-4611 Anderol 555 Aeron 5000 Sigma 8000 S-100
L-0610
Best practices – always provide conversion details as documented on previous page.
Contact your local MOLYKOTE representative if you do not see a product on the list.

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