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IRMCO has released the IRMCO EXTREME® iTransport system for lubricant delivery.

The system allows users to fill containers as needed without guessing if the drums are full or not. This helps reduce the inventory of excess drums and the disposal of empty drums.

IRMCO, an Evanston, Ill.-based manufacturer of oil-free lubricants for metal stamping, forming, and tube bending, has appointed Mark Blankenbeker as sales engineer for the central Midwest region. Blankenbeker has more than 25 years of industrial sales experience and specializes in process...

IRMCO, a manufacturer of oil-free lubricants for metal stamping, forming, and tube bending in Evanston, Ill., has appointed David Moore as tooling/sales engineer for the Southern region.

Moore has more than 20 years of industry experience in tool, die, and stamping processes.

Stamping lubricant provider IRMCO, Evanston, Ill., has expanded into Southeast Asia.

The company now offers sales and service in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar.

IRMCO®, Evanston, Ill., has announced the development of IRMCO iTool™, a lubricant testing process evolved from the cup drawing process originally developed at the Ohio State University Center for Precision Forming by Dr. Taylan Altan. Using blanked materials supplied by the customer, the...

IRMCO GEL® 986-00D is designed for bending tubing up to 8 in. dia. made from 304, 409, and 439 stainless steels and mild steels. It can be applied through the mandrel or manually by swabbing. The gel contains no chlorine, phosphorus, sulfur, boron, or zinc-containing EP/AW additives. It also...

Evanston, Ill.-based IRMCO®, through a cooperative partnership with Bennett Tool & Die in Nashville, Tenn., has developed a tool and test method to compare the performance of stamping lubricants before customers use them in production. The iTOOL cup-draw process measures and compares...

IRMCO has developed the first oil-free lubricant for use on automotive electrogalvanized and galvannealed metals. The synthetic stamping lubricant is designed for use on zinc-coated sheet metal. During development, the company performed a twist compression test, which measures the coefficient of...

IRMCO® Advanced Lubricant Technologies has announced the formulation of a synthetic stamping lubricant that the company claims is the first developed for automotive electrogalvanized and galvannealed metals. The new line of 892 and 313 series lubricants have shown good results on automotive...

IRMCO® Advanced Lubricant Technologies, Evanston, Ill., a manufacturer of oil-free metal forming and tube bending lubricants, marks its 100th anniversary in 2014. The company was founded in 1914 by William Oats Jeffery, a mining immigrant from England. International Refining & Mfg. Co.,...

IRMCO® Advanced Lubricant Technologies, Evanston, Ill., a manufacturer of oil-free metal forming and tube bending lubricants, has received worldwide automotive approval from Ford Motor Co.® Ford has approved the 323 series, a medium-viscosity, highly dilutable lubricant that can be removed with...

IRMCO Advanced Lubricant Technologies, Evanston, Ill., a manufacturer of synthetic lubricants, has received worldwide automotive approval from Renault for use in all plants. After being subjected to vigorous testing procedures to ensure they are compatible with Renault's strict manufacturing...

IRMCO® Advanced Lubricant Technologies, Evanston, Ill., a manufacturer of synthetic stamping, forming, and bending lubricants, has announced the addition of Manufacturing Technology (M-Tech) as its sales representative in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. M-Tech is a distributor of metal...