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Oil test kits for condition monitoring
Condition monitoring of fuels and lubricants has become one of the main weapons in the fight to reduce premature failure of engines, gearboxes and hydraulic systems.
News from Kittiwake Developments, Jun 9, 2006
Lubrication system for remote plant uses batteries
Centralized lubrication system, has been developed to provide cost-effective and reliable lubrication in remote areas of factories, in inaccessible plant and mobile equipment.
News from SKF UK, May 29, 2006
Choosing lubricant and radial shaft seal material
To make it easier for the user to choose lubricant and radial shaft seal material, Freudenberg and Kluber have combined the know-how in their specific fields in the 'Lube and Seal' concept.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, May 15, 2006
Synthetic fluids benefit over mineral oils
As the price gap closes between the more expensive synthetic heat transfer fluids and mineral oils, the benefits of synthetic over mineral oils now have a greater significance.
News from MacDermid, Apr 11, 2006
Continuous lubrication provided for any usage
System provides up to six different points to grease lubricate bearings and applications including roller bearings, plain bearings, drive chains, guides, conveyor chains and open gears.
News from Schaeffler (UK), Apr 10, 2006
Oxygen sliding agent withstands extreme pressures
An oxygen sliding agent for fittings and valves operating under extreme pressures has an operating temperature of up to 60 deg C, and a maximum oxygen pressure of up to 450 bar.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, Mar 24, 2006
High temperature grease prolongs bearing life
A high-temperature long-term grease product has has extended a brick kiln's hot air fans' bearings lives seven-fold - the bearing temperatures can reach 220 deg C.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, Mar 23, 2006
Automotive grease has wide temperature range
For long-term lubrication on plastics/metal and plastics/plastics combinations in automotive use a high performance grease has a wide service range of -50 deg C to 140 deg C.
News from Dow Corning, Mar 21, 2006
Copper particles in grease avoids fastener seizure
A high performance grease with concentrated copper particles helps prevent fasteners and bolts from seizing if left for extended periods of time and ensures that disassembly is faster and easier.
News from Ambersil, Mar 7, 2006
Tribological lubricants save maintenance costs
On view at the UK's MAINTEC exhibition will be individual, cost-saving tribological solutions for gears, bearings, compressors and for the lubrication of pitching gears and bearings, compressors.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, Feb 20, 2006
Oil lubricants are also corrosion inhibitors
A range of mineral oil lubricants, specially formulated to provide reliable lubrication in addition to oxidation resistance, combine the benefits of lubricants and corrosion inhibitors.
News from Dow Corning, Feb 15, 2006
Brochure details automatic lubrication systems
Updated brochure gives details of an automatic lubrication system, and focuses on its major benefits and also includes details of two recent additions to the Safematic range.
News from John Crane EAA, Feb 2, 2006
Lubricant betters multi-wire NF drawing
Semi-synthetic lubricant, for the non-ferrous wire drawing and cable industry, offers reduced risk of wire breakage in the processing stage and enhanced surface finish in multi-wire drawing machines.
News from Batoyle Freedom Group, Jan 30, 2006
Grease offers high performance under heat
Polyurea grease,is designed to offer excellent performance in heavy industry bearings and provide operators with reduced maintenance levels, improved bearing life and increased uptime.
News from Shell Lubricants, Jan 12, 2006
Food grade lubricants for smooth running
Specialty Food Grade lubricants from Kluber are used all over the world and contribute to the smooth running of food processing machines and components in all branches of the food industry.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, Nov 25, 2005
'Pumping centre' controls lubricants
A compact lubricants 'pumping centre' can be easily installed, even in restricted space locations and controls and monitor one or two separate lubrication channels or pumping units.
News from John Crane EAA, Jul 29, 2005
Sprayed oil passed for food and pharmaceutical use
Multi-purpose mineral oil aerosol can be used to lubricate bearings, gears, chains and sliding mechanisms in food and beverage processing applications.
News from Dow Corning, Jul 19, 2005
Grease has 2.3 million speed factor
According to Kluber Lubrication, greases put fewer demands on bearing design than oils.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, Jun 10, 2005
Lubricant dispenser eliminates contamination risk
The Klubermatic FG lubricant dispenser can hygenically and accurately dispense lubricating grease to machinery in the food and pharmaceutical industries with no risk of contamination.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, Jun 10, 2005
Powerful heavy duty cleaner degreases too
Heavy duty cleaner and degreaser quickly removes heavy grease, oil and grime with a powerful citrus based formula that contains no harsh chemicals.
News from WD-40 Company, May 23, 2005
Lubricant protects against corrosion
Protective lubricant 40+ leaves a non-conductive film behind after application, which resists corrosion for over 200 hours in the BS 3900 F4 Salt Spray test and is plastics, rubber, and paints safe.
News from CRC Industries UK Ltd, Apr 19, 2005
Tribology programme to reduce bearing friction
Tribology programme is aimed at reducing bearing friction and wear via a combination of improved bearing materials, optimised surface finish and enhanced lubrication.
News from Barden Corporation, Apr 7, 2005
High-speed grease stops bearing damage
Combining ester oil, synthetic hydrocarbon oil, mineral oil and barium complex soap has produced a high-speed grease with a good pressure absorption capacity.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, Feb 23, 2005
PFPE oils are not all the same
During a number of tests recently carried out on PFPE oils (all ISO VG 400) - for use in isobaric double belt presses - the results showed some extreme differences in quality.
News from Kluber Lubrication GB, Feb 21, 2005
Coolant treatment automatic backflushing filter
Using a backflushing AutoFluid automatic filter Mann+Hummel has overcome the problem of treating cooling emulsion during cutting.
News from Mann+Hummel (UK), Feb 3, 2005
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