Lubrication of Rotating and Hydraulic Equipment

Industrial lubricants for reduced friction through nanotechnology

Industrial Lubricants

Technology description

In Dex Premium Lubricants production facility, any lubricant selected by the customer is enriched in a nanotechnology process whereby the carbon chains in the base oil “curl up” into densely packed balls. The lubricant enriched based oil is blended with additives that are required to meet the requested specifications. The resulting enriched lubricant is chemically indistinguishable from the original lubricant, but behaves superior in practice.

Once in use, the “nanospheres” in our lubricants create an ultra-thin and continuously changing flexible layer between the surface and the lubricant, drastically reducing friction.

The results: a lubricant that meets all specifications that the customer (and the OEM) needs, but delivers superior performance compared to traditional lubricants.

Key features

  • Lower fuel consumption
  • Up to 10 x longer lifetime of the lubricant
  • Lower emission (Nox co2)
  • Continuous removal of deposits
  • Less operational expenses (OPEX)
  • Higher efficiency and output
  • Less noise
  • Lower operating temperatures
  • Less metallurgical contact

Application fields

  • Engines and other rotating equipment such as gearboxes, gear units and couplings and hydraulic equipment

Business case

Application 1: combustion engines, generator sets:

  • 5-6% saving on engine fuel consumption
  • Saving on oil consumption (generator set)
  • Application: from 10 kW to 1000+ kW

Application 2: gearboxes, gear units, gearboxes

  • 2-2.4% energy saving on propulsion energy: fuel or electricity
  • Saving on oil consumption (lubrication)
  • Industry: process industry, mining
  • Renewable energy: wind turbines, offshore installations

CO2 impact / Energy cost reduction

  • Reduced fuel consumption, Opex and oil changes

Non-energy benefits

  • Business operations through reduced wear and tear, maintenance and other
  • Better performance equipment: less down times and more power

Technology deployed by

A range of shipping companies varying from fishing to inland and sea going transportation and several heavy duty equipment operators, varying from fire departments to crane and terminal operators.

Dex Oil B.V.