Product category:
Lubricants
News Release from: Dow Corning
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2008
Lubricant guide offers energy saving
help
Correct lubrication strategies improve reliability, can help avoid costly repairs and save energy, reducing harmful CO2 emissions.
Dow Corning has released the interactive Molykote Energy Savings Calculator, an easy to use, online tool that can help plant managers and industrial maintenance engineers manage rising energy prices and carbon dioxide emissions by realising the significant energy and cost savings available through lubrication best practices Improper lubrication creates drag and friction, wasting money and damaging equipment
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Correct lubrication strategies improve reliability, can help avoid costly repairs and save energy, reducing harmful CO2 emissions.
"Optimised lubrication is more important than ever to increase reliability, lower emissions and reduce plant operation costs", said Phil Grellier, Dow Corning Global Solutions Development Manager.
"The Molykote Energy Savings Calculator can help manufacturers meet sustainability goals and fulfill their commitment to innovative, energy-efficient solutions by understanding where they may be wasting energy".
This new online tool is for plant managers and industrial maintenance engineers who stand to benefit from increased awareness of the importance of lubrication as part of a planned maintenance program.
When users can enter the number of motors, gearboxes, pumps, compressors and fans, the kilowatts needed to run them, their efficiency, the hours per day and days per year into the calculator, they are shown potential reductions in kWh, CO2 emissions and the associated cost savings.
Molykote brand lubricants from Dow Corning reduce friction to lower the amount of energy needed to operate equipment, helping the environment and saving money.
The Molykote Energy Savings Calculator is available online.
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