Butterule

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黄油 are the symbols for both "butter" and "grease". In this context, the correct translation would be grease, not butter.

But like you could use butter right?

Assuming that you need something food-safe for this equipment and plan to clean it after the production run, sure!

Japan regularly makes the largest bowl of soup on earth. They use an excavator that's been stripped down, cleaned, and relubricated with butter to stir it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9ajckLr90

In my language butter and oil have the same word