JP2010144037A - Lubricating oil composition - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lubricating oil composition that is excellent in biodegradability and low in toxicity, moreover has a high lubricity and emulsifiability, is used especially for machines such as rock drill, boring machine, pile driver etc. that are used outdoors and comprised of a system supplying an oily agent to a part for lubricating by compressed air. <P>SOLUTION: The lubricating oil composition contains a synthetic ester and/or vegetable oil as a base oil, a sulfur-based and/or phosphorus-based compound of 0.01-10 mass% based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition, and succinic imide of 0.1-5 mass% based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition, and has biodegradability of at least 60%, acute toxicity for fishes of at least 100 mg/L, and dynamic viscosity at 40°C of 10-500 mm<SP>2</SP>/s, and does not substantially contain any heavy metal-containing additives. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lubricating oil composition, in particular, a lubricating oil composition for civil engineering machines comprising a system in which an oil agent is supplied to a lubrication site by compressed air, such as a rock drill, a drilling machine, and a pile driving machine. Related to things.

In rock drills, drilling machines, pile driving machines, etc. used in outdoor civil works, etc., lubricating oil is supplied to the lubricated parts (for example, pistons) with compressed air to prevent seizure, and then discharged to nature. Is done. Therefore, there is a need for a lubricating oil composition that has low environmental impact, excellent biodegradability, and extremely low toxicity. Conventionally, since this type of lubricating oil composition has used mineral oil as the base oil, Degradability was low, which was an environmental problem.
Some biodegradable lubricating oils use animal oils or vegetable oils as base oils. However, for use in rock drills, drilling machines, pile driving machines, etc., high lubricity, specifically, Loadability and wear resistance are required, and moisture is mixed in from the surroundings and compressed air. Therefore, high emulsifiability is also required, and none of these requirements is satisfied.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is a lubricating oil composition having excellent biodegradability, low toxicity, and high lubricity and emulsifying properties, and in particular, outdoors such as rock drills, drilling machines, pile driving machines, etc. And a lubricating oil composition for a machine comprising a system in which an oil agent is supplied to a lubrication site by compressed air.

The lubricating oil composition of the present invention comprises a synthetic ester and / or vegetable oil as a base oil, sulfur and / or phosphorus compounds in 0.01 to 10% by mass based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition, and succinimide as a lubricating oil. Containing 0.1 to 5% by mass based on the total amount of the composition, biodegradability is 60% or more, fish acute toxicity is 100 mg / L or more, kinematic viscosity at 40 ° C. is 10 to 500 mm ² / s, and heavy metal is added A lubricating oil composition substantially free of an agent, preferably, the sulfur compound is a sulfurized fat or oil having a sulfur content of 15% by mass or less, the phosphorus compound is a phosphate ester, and the succinimide is a molecular weight. It consists of 500-1500 monoimides and / or bisimides.

The lubricating oil of the present invention has an excellent effect of being excellent in biodegradability, low toxicity, and having high lubricity and emulsifying properties.

  Synthetic esters used as the base oil of the present invention include hindered polyols such as neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, and saturated monocarboxylic acids having 7 to 18 carbon atoms such as heptanoic acid, caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, Linear saturated monocarboxylic acids such as capric acid, undecanoic acid, lauric acid, tridecanoic acid, myristylic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, heptadecanoic acid, stearic acid, isomyristic acid, isopalmitic acid, isostearic acid, 2,2- Dimethyloctanoic acid, 2-ethyl-2,3,3-trimethylbutanoic acid, 2,2,3,4-tetramethylpentanoic acid, 2,5,5-trimethyl-2-t-butylhexanoic acid, 2,3 , 3-Trimethyl-2-ethylbutanoic acid, 2,3-dimethyl-2-isopropylbutanoic acid, 2 Ethylhexanoic acid, and branched chain saturated monocarboxylic acid such as 3,5,5-trimethyl hexanoic acid, esters of the like. These esters may be used singly or in combination, and in the esterification reaction, two or more hindered polyols and saturated monocarboxylic acids are mixed and reacted. May be.

The ester obtained by esterifying the hindered polyols and the aliphatic monocarboxylic acid may be a completely esterified product or a partially esterified product, but a completely esterified product is preferable.
The synthetic ester has a kinematic viscosity at 40 ° C. of 10 to 500 mm ² / s, preferably 20 to 100 mm ² / s.
In addition, the acid value of the synthetic ester base oil is preferably 1 mgKOH / g or less, more preferably 0.5 mgKOH / g or less, from the viewpoint of inhibiting corrosion and inhibiting hydrolysis when mixed with water.

  The vegetable oil used as the base oil of the present invention is soybean oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, peanut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, rice bran oil, kapok oil, sesame oil, olive oil, linseed oil, castor oil, cocoa butter, shah Fat, palm oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, hemp seed oil, rice oil, tea seed oil and the like are suitable.

Although the said synthetic ester and vegetable oil can also be used respectively independently, multiple types can also be mixed and used.
In addition to the ester and vegetable oils, the base oil of the present invention includes hydrocarbon oils such as mineral oil, olefin polymer, alkylbenzene, polyglycol, Oxygen-containing synthetic oils such as polyvinyl ether, ketone, polyphenyl ether, silicone, polysiloxane, and perfluoroether may be blended, but the above synthetic ester and vegetable oil should be contained in an amount of 80% by mass or more based on the total amount of the base oil. It is more preferable to contain 90% by mass or more, and most preferable to be 100% by mass of synthetic ester and vegetable oil.

  Examples of sulfur compounds added to the present invention include sulfurized fats and oils, sulfurized fatty acids, sulfurized esters, sulfurized olefins, dibenzyl disulfide (DBDS), dihydrocarbyl polysulfide, thiadiazole compounds, thiophosphates (thiophosphites, thiophosphates). ), Alkylthiocarbamoyl compounds, thiocarbamate compounds, thioterpene compounds, dialkylthiodipropionate compounds, and the like. When this sulfur compound is used in combination with a phosphorus compound described later, the total amount of both is appropriately selected and blended in the range of 0.01 to 10% by mass based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition. It is preferable to select in the range of 0.1-5% by mass.

  Among these, it is preferable to use sulfurized fats and oils which are excellent in extreme pressure properties and do not impair biodegradability. This sulfurized fat is a compound obtained by crosslinking unsaturated bonds of fat with sulfur. For example, sulfur is reacted with vegetable oil such as rapeseed oil, castor oil and soybean oil, or animal oil such as beef fat, pork fat and whale oil. Commercially available products can be used. This sulfurized oil / fat preferably has a sulfur content of 15% by mass or less, more preferably 6 to 15% by mass, in view of corrosiveness and reduction of environmental load.

In the present invention, the phosphorus compound contains at least one compound represented by the following general formula (1). The functional groups of R ₁ , R ₂ and R _{3 in} the general formula (1) represent a hydrocarbyl group or a hydrogen atom, but R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ are not all hydrogen. The hydrocarbyl group includes an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, and the like, and has 1 to 30, preferably 1 to 20, and particularly preferably 3 to 9 carbon atoms. R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ may be the same, one may be different from the other two, each may be different, and X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.

  In particular, the phosphorus compound is preferably a dialkyl phosphate, a diaryl phosphate, a triaryl phosphate, or a mixture thereof. Of these, tricresyl phosphate is particularly preferable. When this phosphorus compound is used in combination with the above sulfur compound, the total amount of both is appropriately selected and blended in the range of 0.01 to 10% by mass based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition. It is preferable to select in the range of 0.1 to 5% by mass.

  The succinimide used in the present invention is used as an emulsifier, and a so-called monotype succinimide such as the following general formula (2) in which succinic anhydride is added to one end of the polyamine upon imidation, and both ends of the polyamine. There are so-called bis-type succinimides, such as the following general formula (3), to which succinic anhydride is added, but in the present invention, both monotype and bis-type succinimides can be used, In addition, a monotype and a screw type can be mixed and used.

In the general formulas (2) and (3), R ₄ , R ₅ and R ₆ each independently represent an alkyl group or an alkenyl group, a is an integer of 1 to 10, preferably 2 to 5, b Is an integer of 1 to 10, preferably 2 to 5.
As the succinimide compound, a monoimide compound and / or a bisimide compound having a molecular weight of 500 to 1500 are preferable because of high emulsifiability and biodegradability.

  This succinimide may be appropriately selected from commercially available compounds used in various lubricating oils such as gear oil, metal working oil, hydraulic oil, and automatic transmission oil as an ashless dispersant. The succinimide content is preferably 0.1 to 5% by mass, particularly 0.5 to 3% by mass, based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition.

Further, the lubricating oil composition of the present invention has various additives such as a lubricity improver, a rust inhibitor, an antioxidant, a detergent-dispersant, a viscosity, as desired, within a range that does not impair the object of the present invention. Index improvers, pour point depressants and antifoaming agents can be added.
However, organic zinc compounds such as zinc alkyldithiophosphate (ZnDTP), molybdenum dithiocarbamate (MoDTC), and molybdenum compounds such as molybdenum sulfide, which are used as antioxidants and lubricity improvers in ordinary lubricating oils, etc. The heavy metal-containing additive is not substantially contained. The term “substantially free” means 5 ppm or less as a heavy metal element on the basis of the total amount of the lubricating oil composition.

  Furthermore, when vegetable oil alone is used as the base oil, the kinematic viscosity at 40 ° C. may be lower than the required performance, and at that time, natural rubber, rosin ester, polyalkylene glycol, carrageenan having excellent biodegradability may be used. Such a viscosity improver may be used.

The lubricating oil composition of the present invention has a kinematic viscosity at 40 ° C. of 10 to 500 mm ² / s, a biodegradation rate of 60% or more in the OECD test guideline 301C method microorganism degradation test, and JIS K0102. In the acute toxicity test for Himedaka based on the above, the 96-hour LC50 value is 100 mg / L or more. By doing in this way, it can be set as the lubricating oil composition which is excellent in biodegradability, has little influence on a biological body, has low toxicity, is extremely environmentally friendly, and has high lubricity.
Moreover, in this lubricating oil composition, it is preferable that a viscosity index is 100 or more, a pour point is -10 degrees C or less, and a flash point is 250 degrees C or more.

EXAMPLES Next, although an Example demonstrates this invention further in detail, this invention is not limited at all by these examples.
[Preparation of lubricating oil composition]
Lubricating oil compositions of Examples and Comparative Examples were prepared using the following lubricating base oils, sulfur compounds, phosphorus compounds, succinimides, and additives. In the blending, a predetermined amount of the substrate was heated to 60 ° C., stirred until it became a uniform liquid, and cooled to room temperature.

(A) Lubricating base oil (A1) Rapeseed oil (kinematic viscosity (40 ° C.); 31 mm ² / s, viscosity index; 214, pour point; −20 ° C., flash point; 326 ° C.)
(A2) Polyol ester oil (kinematic viscosity (40 ° C.); 495 mm ² / s, viscosity index: 153, pour point: −30 ° C., flash point: 300 ° C.)
(A3) Paraffinic mineral oil (kinematic viscosity (40 ° C.); 32 mm ² / s, viscosity index; 106, pour point; −15 ° C., flash point; 230 ° C.)

(B) Sulfur-based compound (B1) Sulfurized oil and fat (sulfur content: 11%, kinematic viscosity (40 ° C.): 1000 mm ² / s)
(B2) Sulfurized oil and fat (sulfur content: 15%, kinematic viscosity (40 ° C.): 1600 mm ² / s)
(B3) Sulfurized oil and fat (sulfur content: 20%, kinematic viscosity (40 ° C.): 40 mm ² / s)
(B4) Sulfurized olefin (sulfur content: 19%, kinematic viscosity (40 ° C.): 60 mm ² / s)

(C) Phosphorus compound (C1) Tricresyl phosphate (C2) Triphenylthiophosphate

(D) Succinimide (D1) Succinic monoimide (molecular weight: 1000)
(D2) Succinic acid bisimide (molecular weight: 1000)
(D3) Succinic acid bisimide (molecular weight: 2000)
(D4) Succinic acid bisimide (molecular weight: 2300)

(E) Other additives (E1) Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZnDTP, Zn: 8%)
(E2) Molybdenum dithiocarbamate (MoDTC, Mo: 5%)

The properties and performances of the lubricating base oil and lubricating oil composition were measured according to the following method.
(1) General properties (a) Density: measured at 15 ° C. according to JIS K2249 (b) Color; ASTM color measured according to JIS K2580 (c) Pour point; measured according to JIS K2269 (D) Kinematic viscosity at 40 ° C .; measured according to JIS K2283 (e) Flash point; measured according to JIS K2265-4 (f) Viscosity index; measured according to JIS K2283 (g) Acid value; Measurement according to K2501 (h) Copper plate corrosion;
Measure at 100 ° C for 3 hours in accordance with JIS K2513. Here, the copper discoloration degree is shown as 1 (corrosive pear) for the first level, Δ for the second level, and x (for strong corrosive ants) for the third and fourth levels.

(2) Lubricity;
In accordance with JIS K2519, the load bearing capacity (baking load) was evaluated by the Shock method using a Kamata four-ball tester with a rotation speed of 750 rpm. A seizure load of 0.25 MPa or more was indicated by ◎ (extreme pressure performance: excellent), and 0.2 MPa or less was indicated by x (extreme pressure performance: low).

(3) Emulsification The following emulsification tests were conducted for the purpose of evaluating the water emulsification characteristics of the lubricating oil composition. In accordance with JIS K2520, 40 ml of lubricating oil composition and 40 ml of purified water are placed in a test tube, left in a constant temperature bath at 54 ° C., a stir plate is placed, and the mixture is stirred at a rotation speed of 1500 rpm for 5 minutes. The amount of the emulsified layer after 1 hour from the end of stirring was indicated as ◎ (emulsification: particularly excellent), 50 to 70 ml as ◯ (emulsification: good), and 50 ml or less as x (emulsification: inferior). In addition, by observing the appearance of the formed emulsified layer, the case of uniform water-in-oil emulsification is excellent (emulsification: excellent), and the case of oil-in-water emulsification or thick cream emulsification is poor (emulsification: poor). ).

(4) Biodegradability The biodegradability is measured according to the modified MITI test method “OECD301C”. In addition, according to the Eco Mark certification standard revised in July 1998, the biodegradation rate is required to be 60% or more. In this test, the biodegradability was 60% or more as acceptable (biodegradability: high), and 60% or less as unacceptable (biodegradability: poor).

(5) Acute toxicity to fish In accordance with JIS K0102, a half-lethal concentration LC50 value after 96 hours is measured using Himedaka as a test fish. The Eco Mark certification standard revised in July 1998 requires the LC50 value to be 100 mg / L or more. In this test, a case where the LC50 value was 100 mg / L or higher was indicated as pass (toxicity: low), and a value of 100 mg / L or lower was indicated as failure (toxicity: high).

Table 1 shows the measurement results of Examples 1 to 8 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3. First, Examples 1 to 8 are lubricating oil compositions having a biodegradability of 60% or more, no fish toxicity, and excellent environmental compatibility. Furthermore, Examples 1-8 were all excellent in lubricity, and it was easy to form the emulsified layer at the time of mixing with water. In particular, Examples 1-7 formed a uniform water-in-oil emulsified layer. Moreover, Examples 1-6 do not have the corrosiveness with respect to copper, and are excellent in compatibility with a system member.
In contrast, Comparative Examples 1 to 3 have a biodegradability of 60% or less, and Comparative Examples 2 and 3 have high fish toxicity, and these Comparative Examples are lubricating oil compositions having poor environmental compatibility.

  The lubricating oil composition of the present invention has excellent biodegradability, low toxicity, and high lubricity and emulsification properties. Therefore, it is used outdoors such as rock drills, drilling machines, pile driving machines, etc. It is useful as a lubricating oil for an outdoor civil engineering machine comprising a system in which an oil agent is supplied to a lubricating part.

Claims (4)

Synthetic ester and / or vegetable oil as base oil, sulfur and / or phosphorus compound in 0.01 to 10% by mass based on total amount of lubricating oil composition, and succinimide in 0.1% based on total amount of lubricating oil composition Lubricating oil containing 5% by mass, biodegradability of 60% or more, fish acute toxicity of 100 mg / L or more, kinematic viscosity at 40 ° C. of 10 to 500 mm ² / s, and substantially free of heavy metal-containing additives Composition.   The lubricating oil composition according to claim 1, wherein the sulfur-based compound is a sulfurized fat or oil having a sulfur content of 15% by mass or less.   The lubricating oil composition according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the phosphorus compound is a phosphate ester.   The lubricating oil composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the succinimide is a monoimide and / or bisimide having a molecular weight of 500 to 1,500.