美国汽车工程师学会（SAE）工业润滑油委员会制定了许多工业、非生产润滑油性能规范。这些SAE自愿规范的目的是:a.定义工业润滑油的最低性能要求。b、 为润滑油供应商提供最少数量的关键工业润滑油的性能目标。c、 提高成员公司对这些润滑油的可用性。d、 使用通用测试标准和性能，提供面向工厂、用户友好的分类系统。

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Industrial Lubricants Committee has developed a number of industrial, non-production lubricant performance specifications. The purpose of these voluntary SAE specifications is to: a. Define minimum performance requirements for industrial lubricants. b. Provide lubricant suppliers with performance targets for a minimum number of key industrial lubricants. c. Improve the availability of these lubricants to member companies. d. Provide a plant oriented, user friendly, classification system using common test standards and properties.