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Application The total waste / loss application system for lubrication of open gears was changed to re-use the lubricant.

Application Bucket pin and bush in underground hardrock mining. The bucket pins and bushes are exposed to high shock loads, heavy shock loads and extreme wet and dusty conditions.

Application Hydraulic shovel bucket pin and bush application in opencast hard rock mining. Bucket changes normally take 1.5 days.

Application Open gear lubrication via spray system and total waste of the applied open gear lubricant is very costly.

Application Koepe winder bearings in underground copper mining. Bearings were replaced every 4 years and downtime to replace was 7 days.

Application Excavators pin and bush in hard rock mining. The average pin life was 2000 hours and productivity loss was 1.5 hours for pin change only and up to one week for line boring. Identify Castrol working collaboratively with the…

Application The lubricant  in the two gear drives per mill have been replaced by a PAO – Castrol Synthetic PD with the view of reducing the electrical energy consumed.

Application The high bearing temperatures and failures led to a change in the lubrication. IDENTIFY Bearing failures and high temperatures on the Krupp crushers led the customer to request assistance. AGREE It was agreed to use a high performance lubricant…

Application The two conveyor drives – primary and secondary – lubricant was changed from a normal mineral oil to a high performance oil with PD technology. IDENTIFY By working collaboratively with the customer, the two conveyor drives were identified as…

Application The already damaged gearbox’s lubricant was changed to Castrol Synthetic PD 320 with the PD additive technology. IDENTIFY By working collaboratively with the customer, the already damaged gearbox was identified as critical and would have resulted in major production…