High-Performance Multiuse (HPM) Grease Column HPM Certified Products The HPM program is a licensing and product certification program for greases used in various lubricating applications. HPM certified greases meet a list of rigorous specifications to ensure they meet the needs of today’s grease-lubricated applications. Additional specifications were developed for high load, water resistance, corrosion resistance and low temperature applications. The specification’s limits are “challenging yet achievable” in order to set a new performance standard that grease users and specifiers can utilize for selecting greases to use in their applications. The HPM certification offers a core specification as well as four enhanced performance tags. In these sub-categories, a grease must meet the performance of the core HPM grease specification plus the additional performance requirements related to: • Water resistance (HPM+WR), and/or • High load-carrying capacity (HPM+HL), and/or • Salt water corrosion resistance (HPM+CR), and/or • Low temperature performance (HPM+LT). Each tag can be added separately or in combination with other tags. For example, one grease may meet the core HPM specification while another may meet the core plus all four tags: HPM+WR+HL+CR+LT The following products have obtained the HPM certification:
NLGI congratulates these products for obtaining the new HPM standard for the grease industry! For more information on NLGI’s HPM program, please visit HERE. - 60 NLGI Spokesman | VOLUME 85, NUMBER 6 | January/February 2022
