R.T. Vanderbilt Company has been supplying the petroleum industry with lubricant additives for nearly fifty years. We market a wide range of chemical products which improve or enhance the performance characteristics of finished lubricating oils and greases.

Oxidation inhibitors, extreme pressure additives, antiwear agents, friction reducers, metal deactivators, bactericides and rust inhibitors are examples of the types of additives we supply. These products are used in automotive, gasoline and diesel engine oils, automatic transmission fluids, turbine oils and many other industrial oil and grease applications.

Our research scientists have been very active in the area of lubricant additive technology. To get a better idea of what's new in the Petroleum Department, please read our Research News or click the Articles, Publications, & Technology link to the left.

 VANLUBE^® W-324 Tungsten Lubricant Additive
 VANLUBE^® 972M Extreme Pressure Additive - Corrosion Inhibitor
 VANLUBE^® 915M Antioxidant
 The AO Synergistic Effect of VANLUBE^® 996E Antioxidant with VANLUBE BHC and VANLUBE 961 by PDSC
 Stabilizing Water-Based Suspensions in Industrial Applications No.1235
  CUVAN^® 303 Lubricant Additive
  VANLUBE^® BHC Phenolic Antioxidant
  VANLUBE^® EZ Lubricant Additive
 VANLUBE^® TK-132 Lubricant Additive
  VANLUBE^® 73 Super Plus Lubricant Additive
  VANLUBE^® 289 Lubricant Additive
  VANLUBE^® 996E Ashless Antioxidant
  VANLUBE^® 0401 Lubricant Additive

Our products’ trade names are VANLUBE^®, CUVAN^®, VANCHEM^®, MOLYVAN^® and VANCIDE^®.

These products are now NSF^® Certified:

CUVAN 303    HX-1, 138995

VANLUBE RI-A    H2, 139738

VANLUBE 73

    HX-2, 137553

VANLUBE 829    HX-2, 138302

VANLUBE 961

    HX-1, HX-2, 135573

VANLUBE 7611M

    HX-2, 136048

VANLUBE 7723

    HX-1, HX-2, 136049

VANLUBE 9123

    HX-1, HX-2, 135575