Silicone Oils

At IKV we supply a range of silicone fluids of various viscosities, types and grades. These include polysiloxane and phenylmethyl silicone oils.

Silicone has excellent thermal and chemical resistance and offers good compatibility with the majority of materials including elastomers and plastics (with the exception of silicone rubbers).

These multifunction silicone fluids are used as lubricants, heat transfer fluids, dielectric oils, mould release agents.

Silicone Oils

Silicone oils are primarily used as lubricants or hydraulic fluids. They are excellent electrical insulators and, unlike their carbon alternatives are non-flammable. Their temperature-stability and good heat-transfer characteristics make them widely used in laboratories for heating baths ("oil baths") placed on top of hotplate stirrers, as well as in freeze-dryers as refrigerants. Silicone oil is also commonly used as the working fluid in diffusion pumps.

Some silicone oils, such as simethicone, are potent anti-foaming agents due to their low surface tension. They are used in industrial applications such as distillation or fermentation where excessive amounts of foam can be problematic. They are sometimes added to cooking oils to prevent excessive frothing during deep frying. Silicone oils used as lubricants can be inadvertent defoamers (contaminants) in processes where foam is desired, such as in the manufacture of polyurethane foam.

Silicone Oils

Our Bessil Range of multifunction silicone fluids are used as lubricant, heat transfer fluid, di-electric oil and priming oil of elastomers. They have good chemical and thermical resistance.

The Bessil F-100 and Bessil F-10000 are also NSF-H1 approved for use in the food industry.

The Bessil 220 has good lubricating temperatures characteristics and resistance to temperatures (Bessil F-50, F-100, F-10000, Beslux Bessil 220 & Beslux Bessil 500).

Silicone Oils

Silicone Oils