Patent ID: 8486872

Claim:
A method for lubricating the passage of a hydrolytically-susceptible container along a conveyor, comprising forming a lubricant composition by diluting a lubricant concentrate with water in a ratio of 1 part lubricant concentrate to 100 to 1000 parts of water, the lubricant concentrate comprising from about 0.5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of a water-miscible silicone material; and from about 1 wt.% to about 50 wt.% of a wetting agent selected from the group consisting of fatty amines, alkylphenol alkoxylates, alcohol ethoxylates, sorbitan esters, and mixtures thereof; and applying the lubricant composition to at least a portion of the container-contacting surface of the conveyor or to at least a portion of the conveyor-contacting surface of the hydrolytically-susceptible container wherein the lubricant composition forms a substantially contiguous coating which covers greater than about 30% of the surface when coated and dried onto polyethylene terephthalate film with a wet coating thickness of about 14 microns and the foam profile for the lubricant composition is greater than about 1.1.