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Friction Modifier Additives | IRGALUBE® & SYNATIVE®

Friction Modifier Additives | IRGALUBE® & SYNATIVE®

Providing friction and wear protection for improved energy efficiency

Friction modifiers reduce friction and wear. Depending on the application, they show effects ranging from improved horsepower and acceleration to improved efficiency of operation and tangible fuel economy benefits. At BASF, we call it “Gain the Power to Save on Fuel” – for our customers improved fuel economy not only translates into financial benefits but also contributes to sustainable development through reduced CO2 emissions.

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Providing friction and wear protection for improved energy efficiency

At A Glance

Friction modifiers reduce friction and wear. Depending on the application, they show effects ranging from improved horsepower and acceleration to improved efficiency of operation and tangible fuel economy benefits. At BASF, we call it “Gain the Power to Save on Fuel” – for our customers improved fuel economy not only translates into financial benefits but also contributes to sustainable development through reduced CO2 emissions.

Key Features & Benefits

What properties can our Corrosion Inhibitors offer for high performance lubricants?

Performance features

  • IRGALUBE® F 10 A significantly reduces friction and boosts antioxidant performance 
  • IRGALUBE® FE1 fuel efficiency proven with different engine tests
  • SYNATIVE® ester range show enhanced friction properties, best in class thermal and oxidative stability, excellent wide-range temperature properties and biodegradability. 
  • SYNATIVE® EEB with outstanding friction performance to upgrade standard formulations to top performance. Even at lower treat rates.

Sustainability features

  • Energy and CO2 saving due to low friction performance
  • Protecting equipment increases hardware lifetime and reduces maintenance costs
  • Friction modified lubricant durability expands drain intervals, which reduces waste and maintenance costs
  • IRGALUBE® FE1 reduces fuel consumption of automotive combustion engines and decreases the CO2 emissions
  • High degree of renewable content

Typical Applications

  • Engine oils

  • Hydraulic fluids

  • E-Mobility fluids

  • Compressor oils

  • Gear lubricants

  • Greases

  • Metalworking fluids

Typical applications of friction modifiers

BASF's Innovative Energy Efficiency Booster (EEB)

SYNATIVE® EEB 45: Unique approach using hybrid chemical structure

To fill the gap between compatibility and performance, BASF developed a novel Energy Efficiency Booster with unique polyether-based hybrid structure. Parts of the molecular structure contribute to outstanding frictional behavior, exceeding PAO performance, while other parts help to achieve compatibility with hydrocarbon oils. The new technology can be used in various industrial and automotive applications, including gear oils, axle fluids, compressor lubricants and greases.

SYNATIVE® EEB 45
Click here to also learn about our Energy Efficiency Booster Technology – Lubes'n'Greases Magazine (page 30 ff.)

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Our products are suited to meet current and future challenges for the various applications.

IRGALUBE® FE1

BASF’s innovative and multipurpose additive component IRGALUBE® FE1 enables high performance engine oils for a broad range of applications. It can be used as part of a base formulation or as a top-up treatment for any engine oil already in use.
IRGALUBE® FE1 

IRGALUBE® F 10 A

IRGALUBE® F 10 A  is a unique, ashless, multifunctional additive. It acts as a friction modifier and antioxidant, providing energy saving benefits and at the same time improving thermo-oxidative stability. With these performance characteristics, IRGALUBE® F 10 A outperforms conventional mixtures of ashless friction modifiers and phenolic antioxidantsm, and can be used in conjunction with molybdenum dithiocarbamate to boost engine oil effectiveness.
IRGALUBE® F 10 A 

SYNATIVE® Synthetic Esters

From our SYNATIVE® ester range, selected products also show enhanced friction modifier properties such as the fully saturated SYNATIVE® ES PDO and SYNATIVE® ES 2427 showing additional performance benefits such as best in class thermal and oxidative stability as well as biodegradability. Our high viscosity, unsaturated SYNATIVE® ES 1200 and SYNATIVE® ES 3100 offer low friction behaviour, excellent wide-range temperature properties, biodegradability and superior lubricity.

SYNATIVE® ES PDO 
SYNATIVE® ES 2427 
SYNATIVE® ES 1200 
SYNATIVE® ES 3100 

SYNATIVE® EEB

In addition, BASF has developed a unique energy efficiency booster SYNATIVE® EEB, a novel technology based on a unique polyether-based hybrid structure for use in automotive and industrial lubricants. The outstanding low friction behaviour and reduced wear enables a step-change in energy efficiency, whilst the hybrid structure means compatibility with hydrocarbon oils.

SYNATIVE® EEB 

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