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This area of our website is dedicated to providing the Maxim Team a forum to share current events in our families and community; industry news and views; as well as a gathering of interesting if not useful links and tidbits.

LARRY'S LOFT (News & Views)

OUR BACK YARD ( Community)

YOUR BACK YARD (Distributor Posts)

IN THE TRENCHES (Maxim Team posts)

PETRO - TRIVIA (Test your trivia prowess)

SEMI-USEFUL LUBRI - LINKS (Viscosity Equivalent Chart / Links to Lube related helps + other favorites)

Site updated periodically...

NEWS AND VIEWS FROM LARRY'S LOFT

Larry is gathering his thoughts.......maybe later........this may take awhile...You can always give him an e-mail at ljarvis@maximoil.com.

Newest Distributor:

Spring Metals
Spring, Tx
Jim Bomboli: Owner
Phone: (281)376-1447

OUR BACK YARD (Community)

YOUR BACK YARD (Distributor Posts)


I.G.F. INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY Fort Worth, Texas	(817) 551-7800 Buddy Smart www.igfsupply.com
SPRING METALS Spring, Texas	(281)376-1447 Jim Bomboli springmetals@houston.rr.com
ULTRA-TOOL CORP. Oklahoma City / Tulsa, Oklahoma	(800) 375-8484 Bill Hutsell utc@swbell.net

IN THE TRENCHES ( Maxim team posts)

PETRO- TRIVIA

To win a free Maxim hat or ?, ......

Be the first to email the correct answer to the following question:

One measurement of viscosity is Kinematic Viscosity. The common metric unit of absolute viscosity is the poise. The customary unit of Kinematic viscosity is the "cSt".

What does "cSt" stand for ?

Hint?......Stoke the fire a hundred times!

Note: be sure to leave an email address and and your name when you submit an answer.

email to: maximoil@hotmail.com

Note: These questions are for our personal enjoyment as well as the enjoyment of the participants. If you happen to be a Petro-Chemical Demagogue or a Trivial Tribologist; please don't bother to steal our thunder.

SEMI-USEFUL LUBRI-LINKS (Links to Lube -related helps + other favorites)

	For additional charts on Viscosity Grade Comparisons, ISO Viscosity X-reference charts, etc.; Please contact ajinthelab@maximoil.com and he will be happy to forward the publications to you.
	For info. on the ongoing saga of the "O.S.H.A. Metalworking Fluids Standard Committee" go to www.osha.gov/ and click on federal regulations and search "metalworking fluids" or just web search "metalworking fluids O.S.H.A." on your favorite search engine for barrels of info. on the O.S.H.A. proposal to cut workplace exposure limits of metalworking fluids by 90%.
	Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers http://www.stle.org mostly industry publications & news.
	American Petroleum Institute (API) www.api.org

American Society for Metals www.ams-intl.org good tech info. /training in metalworking / heat treating / chem. industries.

JUST FOR FUN