How to Assemble Effective Robotics Maintenance
Whether you’ve only recently integrated industrial robots into your operation or you’re simply looking to finetune existing machinery, the correct equipment lubrication and servicing should be at the top of your to-do list. After all, there’s little point in investing in Industry 4.0 technologies like robotics, only to waste that potential by not putting the right maintenance practices in place.
But because robotics tend to be highly specialised pieces of equipment, their component care can require a shift in gears from your general maintenance approach. To make this process as smooth as possible, Shell Lubricant Solutions provides manufacturing operators with a portfolio of robotics gear oils and greases, alongside complementary maintenance services, that are designed to save you time, money and stress.
Discover our full portfolio of products:
- Shell Robotic Gear Oil – Discover how these high-performance synthetic lubricants can provide an oil-drain interval in excess of 24,000 hours of service, no matter your operating temperature.
- Shell RV Grease – Formulated specifically for RV reducers, Shell Gadus greases help control the friction regime of bearings, so you can increase your equipment lifetime.
- Shell HD Grease – If your robotic equipment includes Harmonic Drive reducers, choose a HD grease that is specially focused on film strength to better protect gears.
Discover our full portfolio of services:
- Shell LubeAdvisor – Improve your operations with on-site assistance from lubrication experts, and watch as unplanned downtime and unexpected breakdowns become a thing of the past.
- Shell LubeAnalyst – Get inside the mind of your machines by using an oil condition monitoring service that continually assesses the health of your in-service oil.
- Shell LubeOptimiser – From initial fill to filtration, dehydration to reclamation, Shell LubeOptimiser is an end-to-end solution that targets your most common maintenance issues.
Transforming Manufacturing with Industry 4.0 and Robotics
Watch as two Shell Lubricant Solutions experts dissect the robotics innovations that are transforming manufacturing, and explain how Shell products and services can help you take advantage of them.
Transforming Manufacturing with Industry 4.0 and Robotics
Title: Transforming Manufacturing with Industry 4.0 and Robotics
Description: Video explaining the impact of Industry 4.0 and robotics on general manufacturing and how Shell is helping its customers and manufacturing facilities embrace Industry 4.0 with its expertise, products and services.
Duration: 4 minutes 25 seconds
Transforming Manufacturing with Industry 4.0 and Robotics accessibility transcript
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Transforming Manufacturing with Industry 4.0 and Robotics
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Internet Of Things
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Big Data and
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Robotics
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Drive greater agility
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Precision
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Efficiency
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And operational performance
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Dr Felix Guerzoni
Shell Lubricant Solutions
Product Application Specialist
APME Team Lead
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In Shell’s Industry 4.0 research,
we’ve identified that over 80% of manufacturing facilities are
adopting some form of smart technology including the Internet of Things, including sensor technology
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and real time monitoring of information
which is driving the production of processes and efficiencies
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Today’s manufacturing facilities
– especially in the automotive and electronic sector –
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are highly dependent on automated robotics
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which are dependent in turn on RV gear reducers
where a high quality industrial gear oil
and also grease are important to its reliability and precision.
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How Shell is supporting its customers
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Shell is helping its customers and also
manufacturing facilities embrace Industry 4.0 in a number of ways.
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This starts with working with equipment manufacturers
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and their operators to ensure we understand their friction points
or challenges in operation
and that we can improve efficiencies
through leveraging a number of lubricant
as well as service solutions
to help improve and reduce their total cost of ownership.
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Specialised greases to help protect robotics equipment
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Edward Worthington
Shell Lubricant Solutions
Global Technology Manager
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The difference in using oil and grease
in robotic systems is mainly depending
on the application from the OEM
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the environment
and also the design of the OEM.
For example, the Shell Gadus S4 V80 XE
was especially designed for the RV reducers.
and there the focus was more to control
the friction regime of the bearings in the RV
to make sure we increase the lifetime.
Next to that,
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we have the development of the harmonic drive greases
where we specially focus on film strength
which gives protection to the gears.
For both that means we get a longer lifetime
and you have a reduction on your downtime.
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When using high quality lubricants,
they basically reduce the friction,
are more stable over a longer time
and are better resistant against environmental circumstances.
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In the end it helps down
to increase the equipment life and reduce downtime.
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Long lasting gear oils that help improve performance
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Shell Robotic Gear Oil S4 150
is a high performance, synthetic lubricant
designed especially for use
in RV gear reducers in industrial robotics.
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The synthetic technology provides operators
with a long oil drain interval in excessive
of over 24 thousand hours of service.
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Further, its frictional coefficient
as well as its low carrying capability
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and anti-wear performance
provides exceptional protection for gears and bearings in robotics.
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So thanks to its very low pour point
and low temperature fluidity
as well as it high viscosity index,
Shell robotic gear oil S4 150 is also suitable for applications
across a wide variety of operating temperatures.
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Why partner with Shell?
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Shell Lubricant Solutions can work with our customers
to identify a cradle to grave end to end performance package
where we couple the lubricant selection,
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ensuring we can train our operators on
how to use and apply correctly the lubricants and service
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and then to maintain and monitor those
through either online technologies
such as Shell Remote Sense technology
or offline technologies
using our Shell Lube Analyst
oil condition monitoring approach.
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OEM and customer collaboration
enables Shell Lubricants Solutions to develop
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high performance industrial robotic gear solutions
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that will improve and enhance
the efficiency and operation of equipment.
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All performance characteristics discussed are derived from tests in laboratories of Shell Lubricant Solutions or partners using accepted standard methods during the period Jan 2019 to July 2021.
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