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'Frequently
Asked Questions' for Lubrication Engineers |
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For any other questions please
contact LE International AG at:
info@lelub.com.ph
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| 1. Are
LE’s unique additives ALMASOL®, MONOLEC®, QUINPLEX®
& PYROSHIELD® used by or available to any other
lubricant companies? |
| No, they are not available to any
other companies apart from Lubrication Engineers. They are
manufactured by the Almasol Corporation - a wholly owned
subsidiary of Lubrication Engineers Inc. You will
therefore only find them being utilised in LE lubricants. |
| 2. Why
does Lubrication Engineers use paraffinic base oils in
their lubricants? |
| Lubrication Engineers petroleum
lubricants are formulated from only the finest synthetic
& paraffinic basestocks available in the world. Since
LE is not tied to a refinery, we are able to take
advantage of the latest advances in base oil technology by
incorporating them into our products. Although these base
oils are expensive, no other type of petroleum base oil
can match their performance in many applications. Refined
Mid-Continent paraffinic base oils have a saturated
molecular structure similar to synthetic PAO's, offering
excellent oxidation resistance, superior lubricity, long
service life with little or no sludge and/or deposit
formation. These oils are known to have vastly superior
lubricating characteristics - greater oxidation
resistance, tougher film strength, better lubricity and
greater compatibility with hoses and seals. By formulating
LE products with base oils such as these, we remain at the
leading edge of technological developments in the
lubrication industry - earning our reputation as Leaders
in Lubricants. |
| 3. Does
Lubrication Engineers manufacture synthetic based
lubricants? |
| Yes, for some severe or extreme
applications, Lubrication Engineers turns to a variety of
synthetic base oils, but only if they offer an advantage
over 100% paraffinic base oils. Just because a product is
synthetic certainly does not mean that it is better. There
are many synthetics out there which are eclipsed by
Lubrication Engineers paraffinic based products. When
Lubrication Engineers do decide to use a synthetic, they
make sure that it will provide superior performance to
anything else. Whatever the application may be,
Lubrication Engineers has formulated a product with the
most appropriate base oil technology to meet the needs of
that particular equipment so as to provide the best
possible performance. |
| 4. Why
does LE use US Mid-Continent paraffinic base oils to
manufacture their lubricants? |
| While there are a number of major
crude oil sources around the world, U.S. Mid-Continent is
acknowledged as the best for lubricating oil. The
Mid-Continent includes Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Oklahoma. By definition, paraffinic base oils contain a
small amount of napthenics & aromatics which are a
major group of unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons. Aromatics
can cause seal and hose hardness & loss of pliability.
Both aromatics and napthenics reduce a lubricant's
oxidation resistance, film strength and increase the
volatility (evaporation rate). Lubrication Engineers
utilizes an extra refining step to remove more of these
undesirables. Other lubricant suppliers do not. In
addition, each incoming base oil shipment is tested to our
stringent quality control specifications which dictate a
maximum allowable amount of aromatics and napthenics,
along with other criteria. With the selection and use of
Mid-Continent paraffinic base oils processed with an extra
refining step, Lubrication Engineers oils have a chemical
composition and performance similar to synthetic oils (PAO's)
resulting in excellent oxidation resistance, low
volatility, long life & few deposits and sludge. In
addition they have greater additive solubility than PAO's,
preventing "additive dropout" and allowing
stronger doses of additives to be used when required by
tough applications. |
| 5. Where
in the world are LE lubricants manufactured? |
| All LE lubricants are manufactured
at LE's state-of-the-art research & manufacturing
plant in Wichita, Kansas, USA. This is LE's only
manufacturing plant and enables their very high quality
controls to be enforced - ensuring that all lubricants
leaving the LE plant are of the highest possible quality. |
| 6. Is
it true that LE's proprietary, unique ALMASOL® additive
has been used in the US space programme? |
| Yes, it is - LE's proprietary
wear-reducing additive ALMASOL® has been used on every
single US manned space mission, including the Apollo Lunar
landings & the Space Shuttle flights. ALMASOL® has
also been used in solid coatings for every rocket launch
in the entire US Space Programme including the Space
Shuttle launches. |
| 7. What
are LE 'Enhanced Lubricants'? |
| LE launched this new marketing
message to the lubricants industry early in 2005.
Lubrication Engineers promotes the fact that our premium
range of lubricants are now referred to as LE Enhanced
Lubricants™. The reason behind the use of 'Enhanced' is
due to LE’s questioning of the current trend in the
lubricants industry towards synthetic lubricants,
regardless of the application or operating conditions. LE
is aiming to educate the industry that its Enhanced
Lubricants™ are engineered for superior performance in a
specific range of applications without limitations on the
base oil type or additives used. LE believes that in most
cases at robust treat levels, LE’s specially refined
mineral oil formulated with the highest quality
conventional & LE proprietary additives, will provide
superior performance to synthetic lubricants. LE is
spreading the message that it is important to remember
that lubricants are formulated beyond the base oil,
whether it is mineral or synthetic. The disadvantage of
synthetic lubricants is that synthetic base oils limit
additive choice & concentration due to solubility
concerns and may not be able to deliver the required
performance. Most consumers are currently using synthetics
as they have been led to believe by many major lubricant
manufacturers that synthetics will always provide superior
performance. Mineral base oils, however, allow a wider
range of additive chemistries & more robust treatment
concentrations. LE is not claiming though that mineral
oils should always replace all synthetics. Synthetics
still need to be used in certain applications where there
are very high or low temperatures or extremely hostile
environments that would be detrimental to a mineral oil. |
| 8. Why
is Lubrication Engineers 'The Lubrication Reliability
Source'? |
| Lubrication Engineers has a series
of associations in place with other like minded companies
that focus on the importance of 'Reliability' in industry.
LE International distributors are able to provide their
customers with these other products & services along
with the market-leading LE lubricants. For more
information on some of these companies please visit our
Links page (companies include: Noria Corporation, Oil
Safe, Y2K, Liquidynamics, IFH Group, Esco Oil Sight
Glasses) |
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