Arkema produces sulfur based extreme-pressure additives for metalworking fluids and other industrial lubricants such as greases, slideway oils and gear oils. These additives are light color, low odor and have an excellent environmental and safety profile. Active sulfurized additives react at low temperatures while inactive sulfurized additives are very stable and do not corrode copper. Our product line consists of TPS® (tertiary alkyl poly-sulfides), VPS (clear sulfurized esters) and SPS10LS, a water-soluble polysulfide.

If you are using sulfurized polyisobutenes, chlorinated paraffin, or sulfurized fats, consider Arkema polysulfides instead.

TPS®: Extreme-pressure additives for metalworking fluids and gear oils

Thanks to their structure TPS® provide Sulfur exactly where and when you need it.

TPS® 20 and 44: Trisulfide extreme-pressure and anti-wear additives, which are virtually non-corrosive to copper. They are suitable for working with copper alloys, gear oil formulations and soluble oil formulations for cold-rolling. Trisulfides provide excellent thermal stability. The low viscosity and high sulfur content of TPS® 44 makes it the best choice for long lasting gear oil formulations. TPS® 20 is odorless, making it the best choice for rolling oils.

TPS® 32 and 37LS: Pentasulfide extreme-pressure additives with high active sulfur content readily available even at low temperatures. TPS® 32 and 37LS have excellent chemical stability and are lighter color and lower odor than sulfurized olefins. They are particularly suitable for highly demanding applications with steel.

VPS: vegetable polysulfides light color, sulfurized esters

VPS is a versatile additive: thanks to its polar head groups and fatty chains it improves lubricity and AW(anti-wear) properties together while also extending EP performance. VPS is produced from renewable vegetable raw materials and is the ideal alternative to sulfurized lards.

VPS 11 and VPS 15: inactive sulfur additives
VPS 17: active sulfur additives

SPS10LS: water-soluble polysulfide
SPS10LS is a highly innovative water-soluble Extreme-pressure additive designed for water miscible fluids. Stable, transparent and non foaming, SPS10LS is the ideal way to boost EP performances of synthetic or semi-synthetic metalworking fluids formulations.