Transmission Lubricants Technical Committee

Introduction

CTLT, Comité Technique des Lubrifiants de Transmissions – French equivalent to the former TLTC (Transmission Lubricants Technical Committee – CEC) was created in 1967. It deals with on and off-highway transmission lubricants for all types of applications (passenger cars, heavy duty vehicles, farm tractors …).

Objectives:

• Facilitating exchanges and communication between vehicle manufacturers, oil and additive industry, as well as end users
• Initiating studies on specific topics of interest to the GFC members and developing new test methods or codes of practice on these subjects
• Coordinating the participation of French companies in European working groups and communicating on these European activities

Organisation

CTLT Chairman: Alain Bouffet (Total)
Evaluation statistiques: Claude SABY (Total)

CTLT meetings are held twice a year and attended by a 10 to 15 participants

CTLT groups are developing methods and codes of practice for evaluation for lubricants used in

• Manual gearboxes
• Automatic transmissions
• Hypoid final drives and limited slip differentials
• Hydraulic transmissions
• Constant velocity joints and bearings, lubricated by grease, as well as general grease testing methods