M-88 molylube equivalent?

[SmokeWalker]

I need to get an equivalent of this stuff. Made by "Alpha-Molycote Corporation". Anyone familiar?

 

[Bob Korves]

I need to get an equivalent of this stuff. Made by "Alpha-Molycote Corporation". Anyone familiar?

Does it have a spec?

 

[Bob Korves]

Molykote M-88 was a Dow Corning lubricant that seems to have been discontinued. I do not find a data sheet for it online. What do you need the lubricant for?

 

[SmokeWalker]

Molykote M-88 was a Dow Corning lubricant that seems to have been discontinued. I do not find a data sheet for it online. What do you need the lubricant for?

Hey Bob, I've got this damned Hardinge threading attachment that called it out for lubricating the internal parts. I got some Molykote 1122. It's EXPENSIVE AS HELL, but at these speeds, I think it might be ok.

 

[Bob Korves]

Hard to know without a specification that you can find the properties of. There are lots of moly greases out there, try to get one of the proper viscosity for what it is doing, and how fast it is doing it.

 

[middle.road]

I need to get an equivalent of this stuff. Made by "Alpha-Molycote Corporation". Anyone familiar?

Have you got a scan or pict of the sheet that's calling this out? I'm not finding anything in my old stuff.

 

[kd4gij]

From this web site it is a dry lube.

http://www.parttarget.com/DOW-Corning-Corp_nsn-parts_TYPEM77_MOLYKOTE111.html

 

[middle.road]

From this web site it is a dry lube.

http://www.parttarget.com/DOW-Corning-Corp_nsn-parts_TYPEM77_MOLYKOTE111.html

Nice one KD!
Now then if one has to request a 'quote' I wonder if there's also a loan application to go along with it.

 

[Bob Korves]

The spec'd product is an aerospace rated silicone base Moly grease. Which solar system are you sending your threading attachment to? It is a Hardinge, not a Lockheed Martin. Use an appropriate grease for the speeds, materials, and loads if it won't be running 24/7/365 under crazy conditions.

 

[whitmore]

I need to get an equivalent of this stuff. Made by "Alpha-Molycote Corporation". Anyone familiar?

There's a dry lube spray, M88 by name, that might be the item you want. The 'Molykote' brand is now a Dow/DuPont
tradename, so is likely to offer a lot of dissimilar items under similar names, mainly silicones. The dry spray was likely based
on molybdenum disulphide.