Mineral oil based Precision Bearing Grease

Grease Thickener Availability Manufacturer Ballot result Ranking in

Selection
Andok 260 Sodium No ExxonMobil 1M, 4R, 5N 51
Andok C Sodium No ExxonMobil 5M, 3R, 3N 9
Complex
Andok BR Sodium No ExxonMobil 1M, 5R, 4N 50
Complex
Aeroshell 6 Clay Yes Shell 1M, 6R, 4N 47
Aeroshell 14 Calcium Yes Shell 2M, 6R, 3N 35
Alvania RL Lithium Yes Shell 1M, 6R, 4N 46
Dolium BRB Polyurea Yes Shell 1M, 7R, 2N 45
Isoflex NCA 15 Calcium Yes Kluber 4M, 5R, 2N 13
Kluberplex BE Calcium Yes Kluber 1M, 5R, 3N 48
31-102
Polyrex EM Polyurea Yes ExxonMobil 5M, 4R, 2N 8

Silicone oil based Precision Bearing Grease

Grease Thickener Availability Manufacturer Ballot result Ranking in

Selection

DC-44-M Lithium Yes Dow Corning 2M, 6R, 5N 37

DC-33-L Lithium Yes Dow Corning 8R, 4N 60
DC-33-M Lithium Yes Dow Corning 2M, 6R, 5N 38
Molykote PG- Lithium Yes Dow Corning 1M 56
555
Unisilkon L50/2 PTFE Yes Kluber 2M, 7R, 4N 34
Aeroshell 15A PTFE Yes Shell 1M, 1N 57
 Ester based Precision Bearing Greases

Grease Thickener Availability Manufacturer Ballot result Ranking in

Selection
Aeroshell 16 Clay Yes Shell 3M, 8R, 2N 15
DC-BG-20 Lithium Yes Dow Corning 1M, 8R, 1N 43
complex
Aeroshell 17 Clay Yes Shell 4M, 4R, 4N 14
Kluber quiet Polyurea Yes Kluber 3M, 7R 16
BQH 42-12
Kluber speed Polyurea Yes Kluber 3M, 5R, 2N 25
BF72-22
Kluber speed Bf Lithium Yes Kluber 2M, 7R, 1N 33
42-12
Kluber synth Polyurea Yes Kluber 3M, 6R, 1N 21
BH 72-422
Aeroshell 71 Clay Yes Shell 5M, 6R, 2N 6
Turmo L182 Lithium Yes Turmo 2M, 8R, 2N 31
complex
Turmo L252 Lithium Yes Turmo 2M, 6R, 3N 36
complex
Rheolube 950 Lithium Yes Nye 3M, 7R, 2N 18
complex
Rheolube 951 Lithium Yes Nye 1M, 8R, 4N 44
complex
Rheoulube 952 Lithium Yes Nye 10R, 2N 58
complex
Rheolube 716R Lithium Yes Nye 2M, 9R, 1N 29
complex
Nyetorr 5100 Lithium Yes Nye 3M, 7R, 2N 17
complex
Beacon 325 Lithium Yes ExxonMobil 6M, 1R, 3N 5
Castrolease A1 Clay Yes Castrol 5R, 6N 61
Braycote 664 Clay Yes Castrol 8R, 3N 59
Anderol 700 Silica Yes Anderol 1M 55
Androl 757 Lithium Yes Anderol 1R 63
complex
Androl L-793A Lithium Yes Anderol 1M, 1R 54
Royco 27 Lithium Yes Royal 3M 28
Royco 64D Lithium Yes Royal 2R 62
 PAO based Precision bearing Greases

Grease Thickener Availability Manufacturer Ballot result Ranking in

Selection
Mobil 282,3 Clay Yes ExxonMobil 8M, 1R, 4N 1
Stamina RLS 2 Polyurea Yes Shell 3M, 6R, 3N 23
Albida SLC 100 Lithium Experimental Shell 1M, 9R, 2N 42
complex
Isoflex Topas Lithium Yes Kluber 3M, 7R, 3N 19
L32
Isoflex Topas Barium Yes Kluber 4M, 9R, 1N 10
NB52
Aeroshell 222,3 Clay Yes Shell 6M, 4R, 4N 4
Aeroshell 331 Lithium Yes Shell 7M, 4R, 2N 2
complex
MIL-PRF- Lithium Yes Summit 3M, 6R 20
10924 complex Shell
ExxonMobil
Rheolube 2000 Sodium Yes Nye 2M, 4R, 4N 41
complex
Rheolube 374B Lithium Yes Nye 5M, 5R, 2N 7
complex
Rheolube 374C Lithium Yes Nye 7M, 3R, 1N 3
complex
Mobil Aviation Lithium Yes ExxonMobil 3M, 5R, 1N 24
Grease SHC 100 complex
Braycote 622 Clay Yes Castrol 1M, 5R, 4N 49

PFPE based Precision Bearing Greases

Grease Thickener Availability Manufacturer Ballot result Ranking in

Selection
Krytox 283AC PTFE Yes DuPont 2M, 5R, 5N 40
Krytoc 240AC PTFE Yes Dupont 4M, 6R, 2N 12
Krytox 240AB PTFE Yes DuPont 3M, 6R, 3N 22
Krytox GPL 225 PTFE Yes DuPont 3M, 3R, 4N 27
Krytox XP-2A5 PTFE Yes DuPont 1M, 2R, 6N 53
Krytox L-100G PTFE Yes DuPont 1M, 3R, 5N 52
Krytox L-32G PTFE Yes DuPont 2M, 5R, 2N 39
Kluber temp PTFE Yes Kluber 2M, 9R, 1N 30
HM 83-402
Nyetorr 5300 PTFE Yes Nye 4M, 7R, 1N 11
Braycote 600 PTFE Yes Castrol 3M, 4R, 6N 26
Braycote 601 PTFE Yes Castrol 2M, 8R, 3N 32
 1. MIL-PRF-23827, Aircraft and Instrument Grease
2. MIL-PRF-81322, Aircraft Wide Temperature Range Grease
3. DoD-G-24508, Multipurpose Grease

Additional grease to be selected

MIL-PRF-81937, Ultra precision Grease

MIL-83261, Aircraft Extreme Pressure Grease

Participated Ad-hoc members

ExxonMobil
TBC (Herbsinger)
Bob Martin (Retire DSCR)
Shell
Dow Corning
Nye
NHBB
Castrol
Kluber
DCMA (Walter Welch)
Royal
Dupont
MPB
Barden
NRL
DSCR
U.S. Army TACOM