How do you cut lubrication costs without sacrificing reliability?

To many, cutting industrial lubrication costs means sacrificing performance and reliability. This need not be the case – by using the correct products and systems we may just be able to have our cake and eat it too!

You can cut industrial lubrication costs by implementing the correct systems.

Correct Filtration can drastically reduce industrial lubrication costs.

New oil can be expensive as is the labour cost involved in the oil change. Deploying strategic filtration retrofits such as off-line filtration systems (kidney loop) can significantly reduce the cost of replacing your oil as well as enhance

The 7 Great Myths Surrounding Synthetic Oils!

With so many myths and claims surrounding synthetic oils, the saying, “a little knowledge is dangerous” comes to mind. From the extremes of wild claims of indestructible properties to the myths that synthetic oils are not compatible with certain petrols, synthetic oils invoke a lot of discussion.

Understanding synthetic oils

Synthetic motor oils are fuel efficient, extended life lubricants manufactured from select base stocks and special purpose additives. Synthetic oil base stocks

What characteristics determine the best low temperature oil?

The best low temperature oil will obviously be

As the global population grows, consuming more energy, natural resources and the environment are increasingly under threat. One product that has a particularly bad reputation is oil; with many organisations working on how to reduce the effect of oil on the environment, while still meeting the ever increasing energy requirements.
To highlight the environmental impact: The used lubricant from one motor vehicle's change can contaminate 1 million gallons of fresh

Whenever there’s a problem with a piece of industrial equipment that touches on lubrication, the smart money inevitably turns to synthetic industrial oils. But what are the facts? What can reasonably be expected of the performance of synthetic industrial oils?

Well let’s look at some of the common problems associated with lubrication and which problems synthetic industrial oils can solve.

Due to environmental factors, such as reduced airflow and higher ambient temperatures created by equipment operating in indoors, equipment often suffers from reduced efficiency, increased carbon build-up, sludge and varnish build-up on internal component surfaces.

Synthetic industrial oils are engineered to be more stable at higher

We’ve all heard about the API classification of oils: But how is the classification of  lubricant base oils made? In order to fully understand the classification of lubricant base oils we also have to look at the evolution of lubricant base oils.

From the time that man first invented machines to reduce manual labour, lubricants have become an essential part of day to day industry. For decades crude oil derived lubricant base oils have been used to formulate lubricants for various applications. Today lubricant engineers classify these mineral lubricant base oils in Groups I & II.

The Second World War saw the development of a new breed of machine called a jet or turbine engine. Conditions prevailing inside this new machine were so extreme that a new lubricant had to be developed to ensure long term reliability. Fortunately both the Americans and Germans were already in the early stages of producing Synthetic lubricants. Manufactured by man in a laboratory by reacting long chain alcohols and acids, these lubricant base oils