wire rope lubrication oil pricelist

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Royal Ultimate 1000 Grease (Aerosol) is a premium high quality, semi-fluid grease with an aluminum complex soap, high viscosity base oil and does not contain any asphalt...

Schaeffer’s 199 Silver Streak® Wire Rope Lubricant (40 Lbs) is a robust, heavy-duty lubricant that extends the service life of wire ropes. Silver Streak® Wire Rope is made with high viscosity index paraffin base oils, synthetic base oils and penetrating oils. This unique blend allows Silver Streak® Wire Rope to retain consistency in extreme temperature changes. Silver Streak® Wire Rope rapidly penetrates the inner wire rope core to reduce friction and wear between the wire rope (cable) strands, and the sheaves and drums. Silver Streak® Wire Rope can be used on all types of wire ropes (cables) common to mining, construction, and the marine industry.

Prolongs the life of wire rope, sheaves, pulleys, drums, guides, pins and rollers in a variety of applications, including cranes, hoists, marine tow and mooring lines, dockside cables, aerial tramways, dredges, draglines, mining, elevators and many other applications in construction, mining, transportation and manufacturing.

Crosby’s Vitalife®products are the preferred wire rope lubricants in the industry because of their ability to penetrate into wire rope and displace water and contaminants, thus reducing wear and corrosion throughout the rope.Available in a variety of container sizes.

Whitmore’s Wire Rope Lubricant products also coat these strands to prevent friction and wear. This results in longer wire rope life, less downtime for rope changes and more production.

Whitmore’s Wire Rope Lubricant is easily pumpable at temperatures down to -25°F (-35°C). Its nondrying film remains flexible in the most extreme weather conditions, which eliminates flaking and peeling.Whitmore’s Wire Rope Lubricant can be used to lubricate all sizes of wire rope, as well as chains, leaf springs and other applications where penetrating oil is needed. It may be applied by hand or automatic lube system.

Jet Lube® WLD™ aerosol is highly tenacious, adhesive lubricant containing both molybdenum-disulfide and graphite and is specially formulated for use on wire lines, cable and open roller chains. WLD™ aerosol penetrates the outer strands of wire rope and cable, displacing moisture and permeating to the core of the rope or cable, lubricating and protecting each strand. As the LVP solvent coupled with acetone and the propellant of WLD™ aerosol evaporates quickly while providing as low as feasible VOC content. A thin, flexible film of lubricant is formed. This barrier film prevents the incursion of moisture and dirt between the strands and contains rust and corrosion inhibitors to prevent both abrasive and corrosive wear, significantly prolonging the life of cable and wire rope. The barrier film of WLD™ aerosol protects against the formation of rust and prevents "rust binding", which reduces cable flexibility and life, increasing friction and wear. The barrier also offers protection against corrosion, preventing pitting of wire strands that can cause fatigue failure in the cable or rope. WLD™ aerosol also performs effectively in the presence of high humidity or salt water. WLD™ aerosol resists being thrown and dripping off the cable or rope even at the highest operating speeds. Because it is a "thin film" lubricant, constant replenishment of the lubricant is not required, thus reducing the cost of lubricant application.Does not attract dirt or dust

SWEPCO 724 Ultra AW Wire Rope Lubricant is a high viscosity semi-fluid lubricant, especially formulated for lubrication and protection of expensive wire ropes and cables.

A HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE ROCOL® has been providing engineers with high performance lubrication solutions for more than 100 years. During that time we have worked with some of the world’s leading companies in many diverse industries and applications, developing products with one common goal: to deliver optimum performance. ROCOL operates to internationally recognised standards for quality, environment and safety. ROCOL is proud of its commitment to the continual engagement and development of staff and holds Investors In People accreditation. BENEFITS OF WIRE ROPE LUBRICATION Although simple...

KEY REQUIREMENTS OF WIRE ROPE LUBRICANTS Whilst it may be clear that good lubrication is a key part of maximising rope life, delivering the correct balance of properties in a single product is a significant challenge. A good wire rope lubricant must: Be easy, pleasant and safe to apply Achieve maximum penetration to ensure lubrication and protection of the rope core Resist wash-off and ing-off Have excellent corrosion protection Reduce friction and wear Allow easy inspection of the rope ROCOL® WIRE ROPE LUBRICANTS ROCOL have manufactured wire rope lubricants for many years. This has allowed...

PSEUDOPLASTIC WIRE ROPE DRESSING One of the most difficult problems encountered in formulating wire rope lubricants is finding the optimum balance between good penetration properties and resistance to water wash-off. Good penetration is achieved by low viscosity products such as oils but these have poor resistance Good wash-off resistance is achieved by highly adhesive grease-like products but these have poor penetration properties Until now there has been a trade off between these competing requirements. However, thanks to its pseudoplastic rheology, WIRESHIELD achieves maximum penetration...

THE DIFFERENCE IS CLEAR The key safety check for wire rope users is a visual inspection of the condition of the rope. Traditional wire rope lubricants contain black solid lubricants such as graphite and molybdenum disulphide. These materials make the lubricant unpleasant to handle and impossible to see through. WIRESHIELD™ uses an advanced load carrying system based on sub-micron white solids. The result is a nished product that is both clean to handle and translucent in use - without compromising the load carrying or anti-wear properties. Below is an illustration of the translucency of the...

COMPREHENSIVE RANGE ROCOL manufacture a comprehensive range of wire rope lubricants. ROCOL products have been proven over many years of service to: Reduce wear on wires and strands, maximising service life Provide outstanding corrosion protection Resist water wash-off, extending re-lubrication intervals WIRE ROPE Dressing WIRE ROPE Spray Multi-purpose rope lubricant Convenient aerosol pack Semi-uid grease based on highly rened mineral oil and an organically modied clay thickener. The unique blend of lubricating solids contained in the product reduces the internal friction and wear often...

WIRE ROPE LUBRICATION Methods of rope lubrication range from traditional, unsophisticated techniques such as brushes and swabs to dedicated, high performance equipment. ROCOL wire rope lubricants are designed to be as easy to apply as possible by whichever method is most convenient. While there is no single method that is “right” and works in all situations, the modern trend is to move away from manual application, to automated systems which: Maximise efciency of lubricant delivery on to the rope Improve health and safety by reducing operator contact with the rope and lubricant To make the...

CASE HISTORIES CLIENT: P&O FERRIES Product: WIRESHIELD™ Location: Dover, UK Application Details: The Pride of Kent crosses the channel to Calais up to 10 times a day. The vessel is moored using steel wire ropes which can be immersed in sea water up to 20 times a day and are exposed to extreme coastal weather conditions. In order to lubricate the wire ropes, sh oil was applied to them on a regular basis. Although easy to apply and offering reasonable penetration to the rope core the sh oil produced unsatisfactory results, including poor wash-off resistance, leading to increased lubrication...

CLIENT: MARMAGOA PORT TRUST CLIENT: BAE SYSTEMS – SHIPLIFT ROPES Product: WIRE ROPE Dressing Product: WIRE ROPE Dressing Application Details: The wire ropes on the bulk iron ore unloaders suffered from a high degree of wear due to a combination of the large amount of abrasive iron ore dust in the atmosphere and the heavy duty nature of the unloading operation. As a result the ropes were replaced every three to four weeks costing both time and money. Required Specication: Good penetration properties to ensure that the rope core received effective lubrication Increase the operational life of...

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS PRODUCT NAME FEATURES & BENEFITS SAPPHIRE Hi-Torque Range A range of high performance, thermally stable, semi-synthetic EP gear oils, incorporating SUPs to provide maximum protection in all types of gearboxes. SUP’s – A unique protection for gear teeth on start up and in use (start up protection) Incorporates blue dye for high visibility Long life reduces the need for frequent draining Superior EP load carrying performance Excellent corrosion protection Very low foaming in operation ISO VG 100, 220, 320, 460 & 680 grades available Temperature range –20°C to +120°C...

PRODUCT NAME CORROSION PROTECTION FEATURES & BENEFITS Waxy lm for long term outdoor corrosion protection. Ideal for long term protection of machinery, elevators, forklift trucks, underground installations and offshore platforms. Temperature range -20°C to +110°C Heavy duty, waxy lm for long term corrosion protection Excellent corrosion protection outdoors for up to 2 years Good de-watering properties Good penetration Can provide a light lubricating lm in some applications Ideal for outdoor corrosion protection of exposed metal parts Does not contain silicones or chlorinated solvents...

Whether you are working with manufacturing equipment, automotive equipment, or any other industrial equipment, you need products you can count on to reduce friction and wear. Kimball Midwest carries the right chain and rope lubricants for your operation. Our

Mobilarma 778 provides an effective and cost efficient means of protecting cold-rolled sheet and coiled steel prior to processing and during storage. It provides extended protection, even under severe storage conditions resulting in less reject and scrapped materials.

Mobilarma 798 works well between the strands of wire rope providing excellent lubrication as well as protective films. These characteristics reduce wear and improve life of the wire ropes as well as minimize maintenance costs associated with their use. It is compatible with other wire rope core impregnating materials that may have been applied during manufacture. It is easy to apply and economical to use.

What is unique about the testimonials we’ve received over the years is that they’ve come to us unsolicited through third parties. Their evaluations and opinions concerning the performance of our product came directly from their own successful use of it in their respective wire rope preventative maintenance programs.

We have a good understanding of most of our end user’s maintenance operations because we owned a 400 crane rental fleet. Thus we have addressed many of the same preventative maintenance challenges and the logistics required in addressing those challenges that our customers encounter. This experience allows our group the ability to analyze their applications so that we can provide them with the best product mix possible. This is true whether we address the requirements for offshore cranes, mooring lines, anchor lines or tow ropes, etc.

The use of wire rope pressure applicators has now become a main stay in most wire rope maintenance applications worldwide since The Kirkpatrick Group, Inc. first introduced them to the world market in 1982. Wire rope pressure lubrication has changed the manner in which industries maintain their wire ropes simply because their use has established that the working life of wire rope can be extended over manual application of coatings. In addition, labor savings have proven to be as much as 50 times greater as compared to the labor costs and time spent using manually applied methods. This claim has been proven in independent United States Government testing. The testing was unsolicited by our company and those reports are available upon request.

We asked the crew how long they had been working the job and they said several hours. I responded: “What if I can provide something guaranteed that will do the same job in 30 minutes and also clean the wire rope providing optimal penetration instead of only surface coating the way you are doing it?” That’s all it took to close the deal.

“Cleaning and lubricating wire ropes on cranes using the old manual hand method took approximately five eight-hour workdays per crane. Using the pressure applicator, wire rope on a crane can now be cleaned and lubricated in one eight-hour day. This represents significant

savings in labor costs. The automated pressure wire rope lubricator has reduced PWC San Diego’s annual cost of cleaning cables from about $320,000.00 a year to approximately $34,000.00, a yearly generating savings of approximately $286,000.00.” They said it. We didn’t.

This kind of feedback has helped us gain a broad knowledge of what it takes to optimally apply wire rope dressings to wire rope with over 2,000 systems placed during our 35 years in business. This knowledge is a direct result of our own onsite and daily troubleshooting experience that involves direct communication with our users on a worldwide scale who have incorporated our systems into their wire rope preventative maintenance programs.

A wire rope travels through a cleaning device (Groove Cleaner) peeling away penetration blocking debris from its outer surface and groove pattern as it enters into a Lubrication Collar for lubrication. Once inside, the wire rope is exposed to internal pressures that both coat and penetrate every open space within the wire rope able to receive the newly applied product. The pressurization is created by the filling of specially designed internal seals being fed from the pump.

Although the internal pressure generated is adequate for the task at hand, no pressure lubricator is a closed hydraulic system that can generate thousands of pounds of internal pressure as is the case with hydraulic cranes or excavators that incorporate closed hydraulic systems. This is because the wire rope is passing through the lubrication collar removing the internal pressure as the newly treated wire rope travels from the Lubrication Collar. Many factors contribute to the level of pressure that exists at any given moment inside the internal seals. A few key ones:

Strand Density and configuration of the wire rope being treated. The process is self-compensating creating pressure that co-relates to that required to maximize the pressure required for the particular wire rope configuration being treated.

Consistency of the original lay-up material as well as that applied once in the field during maintenance. Higher viscosity products create and require more pressure to penetrate the wire rope. Conversely, lighter viscosity products create and require less pressure to penetrate the wire rope.

Wire Rope Travel Speed. The travel speed must be at a level that keeps the internal seals full. This is also is directly related to lubricant viscosity. Rule of Thumb: Feed to Speed. One does not want to remove the lubricant faster than it is being supplied. Spotty coating and penetration will occur.

Post manufacturing preventative maintenance should supplement the original layup material applied at the time of manufacture when each strand can be addressed with a coating prior to closing. There is no better time to coat a wire rope. For this reason we will always support a highly viscous product being used during the manufacturing process. This product must have the necessary staying power to provide optimal fluid film protection against strand rubbing and friction wear that can occur when the wire rope is placed in service in the field.

Using light weight oils as lay-up coatings at the time of manufacture does not achieve the level of protection later when the wire rope is in service and exposes the wire rope to excessive abrasion. This is because many oil viscosity products can only provide a thin microscopic barrier. Thus strand rubbing is unavoidable inside the internal strands of the wire rope. These types of lay-up products also do very little to block water penetration. This is true unless a viscous product is later applied by pressure lubrication in a subsequent preventative maintenance schedule. Pressure lubrication, if feasible, will at least fill every available open space in the wire rope and in doing so pressures out entrapped water. In the event a viscous coating product is used; a solid barrier is then created against future water penetration.

The photos below show a Boom Hoist Cable sent to us by a large offshore customer. Its original lay-up product was an oil viscosity used by the manufacturer. The customer was then required to use this product as dictated by the manufacturer after delivery to apply it manually by spray to maintain their warranty. At issue was that the contractor’s Boom Hoist Cables’ longevity was cut by some 40% by his being required to follow their requirement. He had a problem.

At the advice of a business associate, he contacted our offices requesting our input. I requested that he send me the sample shown in the photos on this page. Very quickly one will note that extensive abrasion and strand rubbing has occurred. No fluid film protection is evident. This is very simply because the coating (oil) product was too thin to maintain on the rope and dripped from it leaving only a microscopic sheen. One can also note that the outer strands have become brittle and are broken and that the inner strands including the very core (not shown) have gouges from strand rubbing due to a lack of fluid film protection.

I called him once I had evaluated the situation and told him quite simply that his problem was created by a lack of lubrication. He said we were mutually on the same page and believed that the manufacturer’s warranty was irrelevant if he had lost 40% of his wire rope life using their coating product and following their procedures. Those procedures included labor intensive manual spray application.

His Boom Hoist cables had always been shipped previously to him with a viscous lay-up coating that seemed to preclude the issues he was experiencing using the low viscosity oil product.

He asked if he could send two new reels that had not yet been placed in service to us to pressure lubricate with our high viscosity Dynagard. We agreed and performed the process with our wire rope lubrication system at a local wire rope distributor. It was mutually understood that this would be the only time the cables could be pressure lubricated because once they were in place on his cranes they would be too close together to accommodate the width of our Lubrication Collar (4.25”). They would then be required to apply the Dynagard Blue by hand for follow-up maintenance. The result: Boom Hoist longevity went back to where it was previously at a full 100%.

The above term is so often used in reference to the application of wire rope coatings using either manual methods or pressure applied methods. However, this is especially true in reference to pressure application due to its very description that indicates much better penetration than manual coating that more often than not only coats the wire rope surface. “Through the Core” was our strongest selling point when we first introduced pressure lubrication and we have many photos of our system penetrating to the core of wire ropes over the years. However, as we have traveled down this road, it is not always the case. There are factors that prevent penetration through the core and many are not a negative and have nothing to do with a failure of the technology or performance of our wire rope lubrication systems. At the end of the day our systems allow a wire rope to pass through a 100% pressurized/consistent immersion not available using manual hand application.

Even so, many light weight oil products are sold with the selling point of penetrating to the core. We have found that most only wash out or breakdown the preexisting lay-up material. Once that is gone the oil product must assume full protection against fluid film breakdown and then be used in the maintenance schedule on a more frequent basis over the previous higher viscosity product to maintain the same protection. Why? Oils goes away quicker and offer a much thinner protective layer.

I believe that our firm has designed the most efficient wire rope lubrication system available today. I know we were the first. We understand what is required to provide those we serve with the right system for their specific application prior to purchase and then to maximize the customer’s use of that system once it is received. This can only be accomplished from our own experience in the field and input from third parties actively involved in wire rope preventative maintenance.

Wire rope forms an important part of many machines and structures. There are many kinds of wire rope designed for different applications. The wire rope’s performance is influenced by several factors, including type of operation and environment which can accelerate corrosion, oxidation, and wear. Hence, proper, and adequate lubricant application in the field is paramount. Essentially, wire rope lubricants have three principal functions, and it is to reduce friction, provide wear protection and corrosion protection.

Rope lubrication is a key part of proper elevator maintenance, yet one that is often neglected due to time constraints, dangers of manual lubrication, and the service downtime that’s needed to carry out maintenance. The challenge for elevator owners is to ensure that maintenance won"t ever be neglected again.

Castrol® LubeCon has solved this major challenge by introducing automated lubrication to the elevator industry: with custom-fit and custom-mounted lubricators that are placed at pre-determined intervals along each wire rope. These combine with a centrally located reservoir to dispense precise micro ejections of dry-film lubricant at regular intervals, penetrating and protecting the rope"s core.

Importantly, after the initial custom-fit installation, the need for car riding is virtually eliminated, as personnel can oversee lubrication through remote monitoring.