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Shell Hydraulic Education video
Title: Are All Hydraulic Oils Equal?
Duration: 2:00 minutes
Description:
Video differentiating aeration performance in representative hydraulic equipment of Shell premium hydraulic oil from industry standard hydraulic oil, where you can both see and hear the difference.
A common myth we hear amongst customers and macro-distributors is that "all hydraulic oils are equal". This de-incentivises customers from buying premium hydraulic products. This is a MYTH BUSTER video and is titled "Are all hydraulic oils equal?" We chose "air release" or "aeration" as a topic of comparison and demonstrated that the premium Shell hydraulic oil not only clears air faster from the oil, but also results in quieter operation when compared to industry standard hydraulic oil in a real piece of representative hydraulic equipment. This could lead to benefits such as increased energy efficiency, less spongy operation, less noisy operation, less risk of cavitation, sustained productivity and decreased total cost of ownership for our customers. This is an excellent example of Shell’s Technology Leadership.
Are All Hydraulic Oils Equal? Transcript
[Background music plays]
Sound of Shell
[Video footage]
Real footage of a hydraulic lubricant circulating in representative hydraulic equipment. In the visual, the lubricant is flowing through a transparent pump inlet tube with a checkered background. Bubbles of air are shown shooting across the lubricant.
[Text displays]
Are All Hydraulic Oils Equal?
[Text displays]
Hydraulic Oils
* Provide anti-wear protection
* Must resist oxidation
* Must be filterable
* Must release air quickly
Why is fast air release important?
[Video footage]
Real footage of a hydraulic lubricant circulating in representative hydraulic equipment. In the visual, the lubricant is flowing through a transparent pump inlet tube with a checkered background. Higher air content in the lubricant than previous footage. Greater numbers of bubbles of air are shown shooting across the lubricant.
[Text displays]
Air in the oil may cause
* Wasted horsepower and decreased energy efficiency
* Noisy and imprecise operation
* Cavitation
* Loss of productivity
Let us look at the air release properties of two different oils
Scene transition into split screen comparing Industry Standard Hydraulic Oil and Shell Premium Hydraulic Oil
[Split Screen Video footage with animation sequence]
Real footage of Industry standard hydraulic oil circulating in representative hydraulic equipment, with bubble of air flowing past the checkered background. Animation of waveform (red) recorded from the equipment with Industry standard hydraulic oil.
Real footage of Shell premium hydraulic oil circulating in representative hydraulic equipment, with bubble of air flowing past the checkered background. Animation of waveform (green) recorded from the equipment with Shell premium hydraulic oil.
[Split Screen Text displays]
Industry standard hydraulic oil
Shell premium hydraulic oil
[Text displays]
System before introduction of air - checkered background is visible
Waveform indicates noise recorded
[Text displays]
System fully aerated
Background obscured by air in the oils
[Split Screen Video footage with animation sequence]
Zoomed in footage of Industry standard hydraulic oil fully aerated background no longer visible. Animation of waveform (red) recorded from the equipment with Industry standard hydraulic oil. Animation of a red speaker.
In the background, blurred and muted footage of Shell premium hydraulic oil fully aerated background obscured by air in the oils. Animation of waveform (green) recorded from the equipment with Shell premium hydraulic oil.
[Background audio plays]
Audio of test equipment running with aerated Industry standard hydraulic oil
[Text displays]
Industry standard hydraulic oil
Industry standard hydraulic oil is noisy once aerated
[Split Screen Video footage with animation sequence]
In the background, blurred and muted footage of Industry standard hydraulic oil fully aerated background no longer visible. Animation of waveform (red) recorded from the equipment with Industry standard hydraulic oil.
Zoomed in footage of Shell premium hydraulic oil fully aerated background obscured by air in the oils. Animation of waveform (green) recorded from the equipment with Shell premium hydraulic oil. Animation of a green speaker.
[Background audio plays]
Audio of test equipment running with aerated Industry standard hydraulic oil
[Text displays]
Shell premium hydraulic oil
Shell premium hydraulic oil is less noisy once aerated
[Background music plays]
Sound of Shell
[Split Screen Video footage with animation sequence]
Footage of Industry standard hydraulic oil. Animation of waveform (red) recorded from the equipment with Industry standard hydraulic oil.
Footage of Shell premium hydraulic oil. Animation of waveform (green) recorded from the equipment with Shell premium hydraulic oil.
Red timer hh:mm:ss
[Split Screen Text display]
Industry standard hydraulic oil
Shell premium hydraulic oil
[Text display]
Air turned off
Observe how long it takes for the chequered background to be visible again
[Text display]
Shell premium hydraulic oil begins to clear
[Text display]
Shell premium hydraulic oil almost clear
[Text display]
Shell premium hydraulic oil clear. Background is visible.
[Text display]
Industry standard hydraulic oil yet to clear
[Split screen Text display – overlayed on video clip screen shot]
Does not release air completely even after 9 minutes
Releases air very quickly making the background clearly visible within 4 minutes
Scene transition
[Video footage]
Real footage of a hydraulic lubricant circulating in representative hydraulic equipment. In the visual, the lubricant is flowing through a transparent pump inlet tube with a checkered background. Bubbles of air are shown shooting across the lubricant.
[Text displays]
Shell premium hydraulic oils release air very quickly
Fast air release oils lead to
* Increased energy efficiency
* Less noisy operation
* Less risk of cavitation
* Sustained productivity
Scene transition
[Text displays – zooming in]
All Hydraulic Oils Are Not Equal
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