Shell Lubricant Solutions Helps Extend Oil-Drain Intervals By 100%

A comprehensive solution to boost operational performance.

Challenge

Pilsa Plastic Products Inc. is an industry leader in plastics technology and production capacity, based in Turkey. The company was experiencing poor performance from their existing compressor lubricant, with oil analysis confirming the oil’s unsatisfactory thermal and oxidation stability. As a result, oil drains were required every 5,000 hours, causing operational costs to be higher than necessary.

Solution

Having monitored and analysed the existing oil’s performance using the Shell LubeAnalyst Oil Condition Monitoring (OCM) programme, the Shell technical team recommended a change to Shell Corena S4 R 68, alongside handling and application training.

Impact

Using Shell Corena S4 R 68 helped to:

• reduce the company’s operational costs by 50 per cent
• double the oil-drain intervals, from 5,000 to 10,000 hours.

When combined, the lower oil consumption, labour costs and oil waste – alongside improved maintenance practices – contributed to annual savings of $12,185.

_{The savings indicated are specific to the calculation date and mentioned site. These calculations may vary from site to site and from time to time, depending on, for example, the application, the operating conditions, the current product being used, the condition of the equipment and the maintenance practices.}