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Fuels & Lubes International Quarter Two 2016
It has been 10 years since the
American Petroleum Institute
(API) ushered in a new perfor-
mance category for heavy-duty
engine oils. This December, it
will do so again with API CK-4
and FA-4. Until February, the new
category was known as Proposed
Category 11 (PC-11).
There are three stages before a
newcategory becomes a reality—
category request, development
and implementation. The im-
plementation phase exists so
that oil marketers have time to
qualify their oils, which includes
nine tests that the New Category
Development Team (NCDT) has
spent the last few years finalis-
ing. Two of these tests are new,
while seven are carried over from
previous categories, in one case
with tougher limits.
As the chair of NCDT, Dan Arcy,
global OEM technical manager
and industry trade association
liaison at Shell Global Solutions,
is on a mission to get the word
out about the new category and
what it means for all stakehold-
下一个API重负荷发动机油类别即将诞生
The next API heavy-duty performance
engine oil category is almost here
BY ALISON GAINES
距上次美国石油学会（API）推出新的重负
荷发动机油性能类别已有十年了。今年12月
份，API将推出CK-4和FA-4。直到2月份，这个
新类别还被称为建议类别11（PC-11）。
推出新的类别要分为三步——类别请求、开
发和实施。实施阶段是为了帮助油品生产商有
时间去开发他们的油品，包括新类别开发小组
（NCDT）在过去几年中一直在完善并最终确
定的九个测试。这其中有两个是新的，而另七个
则是沿用了之前类别的测试，其中有一个提高
了限值要求。
NCDT的主席，壳牌全球解决方案的全球整
车厂技术经理和行业协会联络人，DanArcy
正在宣传新的类别，及它对所有利益相关方的
