Reduced Wear and Superior Performance from Bel-Ray’s Biodegradable Open Gear Lubricant

FARMINGDALE, N.J. (October 1, 2013) ― Top-producing mines worldwide can now experience top-performing lubricants for their draglines and shovels while maintaining critical environmentally friendly requirements. Bel-Ray’s new Biodegradable Open Gear Lubricant offers a solution to these mining operations by offering this high performance biodegradable open gear lubricants.

Bel-Ray’s Biodegradable Open Gear Lubricant is a biodegradable, semi-fluid, multiservice open gear lubricant for walking draglines and electric rope shovels. Based on proprietary renewable base fluids and polymers, extreme pressure, anti-wear, and other task specific additives are included in this revolutionary product that performs at higher levels than many of our competitors’ non-biodegradable products.

Due to the increased component life that occurs as a result of using this revolutionary product, unscheduled downtime and lost production is reduced.

Mining operations will experience a number of benefits, including:

•  Readily Biodegradable.  >60% biodegradable in 28 days with negligible environmental residue.
• Multiservice functionality. This single lubricant can provide superior protection in a wide range of applications.
•  Reduced consumption leads to lower lubrication and related costs, including disposal and housekeeping expenses.
•  Extreme pressure properties to increase performance.
•  Increased anti-wear capabilities to minimize parts replacement costs, unscheduled downtime, and lost production time.

The multi-service functions of Biodegradable Open Gear Lubricant allow for a single lubricant to be used for multiple applications.

Applications:

• Draglines
  • Open Gears
  • Plain Bearings
  • Rollers and Rails
  • Propel Mechanisms
• Shovels
  • Open Gears
  • Plain Bearings
  • Dipper Sticks and Handles
  • Rollers and Rails
  • Lower Works
• Industrial open gears, pins and bushings, and sliding surfaces.

For more information on Biodegradable Open Gear Lubricant or other Bel-Ray products for the mining industry, please visit www.belray.com or call (732) 938-2421.