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Why Hybrid Engines Need Smarter Engine Oils: Understanding the Hidden Lubrication Challenges

Hybrid vehicles are changing how the automotive industry thinks about efficiency and mobility. By combining an internal combustion engine with an electric motor and battery, they can reduce fuel use, recover braking energy and operate electrically in selected conditions. This often creates a simple assumption: because the petrol engine runs less, its oil must have an easier job. In practice, the opposite can often be true.

A hybrid engine may operate less frequently, but it does not necessarily operate under gentler conditions. Its working pattern is more irregular, its warm-up period may be interrupted, and it can experience repeated starts after remaining inactive. The oil may spend more time below its ideal operating temperature, while moisture, unburnt fuel and combustion by-products can accumulate in the crankcase.

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Why Minimum Quantity Lubrication Is Transforming Industrial Machining

Latin Tyre & Auto Parts Expo 2026

August 12-14, 2026
Panama Convention Center, Republic of Panama, Panama
Booth Number 404, Floor 2

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Sushant Bansal
Director,
Paras Lubricants Limited

Machining More with Less: The Growing Need for Low-Oil Semi-Synthetic Cutting Fluids

Manufacturing has always been driven by a simple but demanding question: how can more output be achieved with fewer resources?
Today, this question has become more important than ever. Manufacturers are expected to increase production, improve component quality, extend tool life, reduce downtime, control operating costs, and meet increasingly strict environmental and workplace standards. At the same time, machining operations are becoming faster, more precise, and more complex.
Within this changing environment, metalworking fluids can no longer be viewed as routine consumables. They are an important part of the manufacturing process and can directly influence machining efficiency, tool performance, component finish, equipment cleanliness, and overall production economics.

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