In Australia in 1987, it was determined that salt was destroying salt mining machinery. Corrosion was eating away metals, motors, rubber, and the equipment used in mining salt. The lubricants used were contaminating the salt that could be used for food, and fumes from the lubricants were not only toxic for workers to breathe, but they could actually cause explosions! A brand new high tech lubricant was needed with the following 14 qualities:
It had to be: non-toxic, non-corrosive, low-volatile (so it wouldn't cause explosions), non-conductive (electrically), non-evaporative (so it stays on the machinery), non-static (so it doesn't attract dust or dirt), non acid-forming, and non-solvent based (i.e. not made from kerosene, dieseline, silicon, etc.)
Additionally, the new lubricant had to: reduce friction, penetrate metals, displace water, be self-cleaning, be environmentally safe (aka green), and qualify as "food grade" (so it could actually be ingested without harming anyone).
INOX MX-3 was invented and it met all 14 requirements for the salt mines. Two decades later it is now the premier lubricant on the market in Australia. It is so advanced that it was awarded US patent number 5,614,479, it was approved by the USDA, and even certified as "Kosher!" INOX MX-3 is non-viral, ASTM registered, non-hazmat, NSI-H1 approved, and it complies with environmental regulations.
