Sunflower Based Grease for Heavy Duty Applications Available to Purchase

There is a great consumption of grease in an excavator (∼200 Kg/year). This big amount of lubricant is poured directly to the environment. A grease based in sunflower oil and polymer thickener has been developed. An extensive tribological characterization has been carried out in order to ensure a good compromise between EP and AW properties so that the grease could be used in two different applications: in the reduction gear (crown) and in the articulations (bushing/pin). The performance of the biogrease has been compared with two reference mineral lubricants.