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Forming Lubricants

Last Updated: 03/07/18 Click to see brand name products that meet these requirementsopens in new window
Forming Lubricants

Products designed to provide lubrication during metalworking applications that are performed under extreme pressure. Such metalworking applications include tube bending, stretch forming, press braking, and swaging.

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Additional Guidance

According to BioPreferred, forming lubricants are products designed to provide lubrication during metalworking applications that are performed under extreme pressure. Such metalworking applications include tube bending, stretch forming, press braking, and swaging.

BioPreferred maintains an electronic product catalog listing products that either 1. are eligible for preferred federal procurement, or 2. have earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label.