Lubricants I Lubrication for Agricultural Machinery

GoalReduce lubrication frequency, grease consumption, and equipment wear to lower maintenance costs and improve equipment reliability.

<h5 class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-section-id="jrdiwt" data-start="182" data-end="206">Customer Challenge</h5> <p data-start="221" data-end="472">Agricultural machinery contains numerous lubrication points. Due to exposure to water, mud, and high loads in the field, standard commercial greases often fail to maintain an effective oil film. This leads to frequent re-greasing and part replacement.</p> <p data-start="474" data-end="717">One of our customers in Nakashibetsu, Eastern Hokkaido, who runs a farming operation, previously used commercial grease on the joints of their liquid fertilizer spreader. As a result, they experienced frequent lubrication and part replacement.</p> <h5 data-section-id="7xls9h" data-start="724" data-end="750">Recommended Solution</h5> <p data-start="764" data-end="874">We recommended <strong data-start="779" data-end="792">Premalube</strong>&mdash;a grease designed to reduce lubrication frequency and overall grease consumption.</p> <h5 data-section-id="1296j4j" data-start="881" data-end="903">Results Achieved</h5> <p data-start="905" data-end="933">The results were as follows:</p> <ul data-start="935" data-end="1394"> <li data-section-id="1ydbbug" data-start="935" data-end="1032">Previously, lubrication was required every three days; now, once every two weeks is sufficient.</li> <li data-section-id="ly5mi8" data-start="1033" data-end="1118">Annual grease consumption was reduced from approximately 70 cartridges to about 15.</li> <li data-section-id="1xw7g91" data-start="1119" data-end="1272">Joint replacements, which were previously needed three times a year, are no longer necessary, resulting in a cost saving of approximately &yen;1.2 million.</li> <li data-section-id="1kdvr8n" data-start="1273" data-end="1323">Lubrication time has been significantly reduced.</li> <li data-section-id="x3q66h" data-start="1324" data-end="1394">Lower grease usage also contributed to a reduction in CO₂ emissions.</li> </ul> <p data-start="1396" data-end="1917">Thanks to the superior lubrication performance of Premalube, the amount of grease required was reduced to less than one-third of the previous level. As a result, we were able to reduce overall grease consumption, grease purchasing costs, and labor costs associated with lubrication. Furthermore, the joints previously requiring replacement three times a year due to heavy loads no longer needed to be replaced. Since each replacement costs approximately &yen;400,000, this led to a significant reduction in maintenance costs.</p>