IS 2297 : 2025 Gear Lubricants, Compounded - Specification

ICS 75.100; 21.200

PCD 25

1 SCOPE

1.1 This standard prescribes the requirements, methods of sampling and test for the gear lubricants intended for use in worm gear drives.

1.2 The lubricant shall conform to one of the eleven viscosity grades as distinguished by the prescribed viscosity limits given in Table 1.

1.3 These lubricants are primarily intended for use in enclosed and semi-enclosed worm gears operating under such conditions of load, temperature and sliding speed for which straight mineral oils are not adequate and EP (extreme pressure) type oils are not called for. These are, however, NOT SUITABLE for lubrication of hypoid gears. The lubricants covered by this standard are equivalent to the service designation API-GL-2.

2 REFERENCES

The standards listed in Annex A contain provisions, which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of these standards.

IS No. Title
IS 1447 (Part 1) : 2021 Methods of sampling of petroleum and its products: Part 1 Manual sampling (second revision)
IS 1448 Methods of test for petroleum and its products:
(Part 2) : 2007/ISO 6619 :1988 Petroleum products and lubricants - Neutralization number - potentiometric titration method (second revision)
(Part 4/Sec 1) : 2021 Determination of ash (fourth revision)
(Part 8) : 2012/ISO 4262 : 1993 Determination of carbon residue - Ramsbottom method (second revision)
(Part 10/Sec 2) : 2021/ISO 3016 : 2019 Petroleum and related products from natural or synthetic sources, Section 2 Determination of pour point (third revision)
(Part 15) : 2004/ISO 2160 : 1998 Petroleum products - Corrosiveness to copper strip test (third revision)
(Part 22) : 2019 Determination of asphaltenes (heptane insoluble) in crude petroleum and petroleum products (third revision)
(Part 25/Sec 1) : 2018/ISO 3104 Transparent and opaque liquids, Section 1 Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity (second revision)
(Part 55/Sec 1) : 2004 Determination of saponification value of petroleum products (first revision)
(Part 56) : 2013/ISO 2909 : 2002 Calculation of viscosity index from kinematic viscosity (third revision)
(Part 67) : 2020 Determination of foaming characteristics of lubricating oils (second revision)
(Part 69): 2019/ISO 2592 : 2017 Determination of flash and fire points - Cleveland open cup method (second revision)
(Part 96) : 2019 Petroleum products and lubricants - Petroleum oils and other fluids - Determination of rust-preventing characteristics in the presence of water (first revision)
(Part 170) : 2021/ISO 20623 : 2017 Determination of the extreme pressure and anti-wear properties of lubricants - Four-ball method european conditions (first revision)