CONTENTS
Gear lubrication – Moving synfully forward! Pages 6 to 8
The virtues of synthetic oils Over thirty years since a paper presented at the NLGI golden anniversary meeting entitled “Gear Lubrication: Fifty Years of Progress” predicted a substantial increase in the use of synthetic oils, Sandy Reid-Peters of ExxonMobil examines the continuing utility of synthetic gear oils in terms of both efficiency and sustainability.
Company Profile: H&R ChemPharm Page 10
10 years in the making Discover how H&R ChemPharm grew from its roots as an acquisiton from BP made by the H&R Group into a centre of excellence within the company, and how they plan to continue as such for the years ahead.
The Development of Energy Efficient Greases Pages 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 Winner of the ELGI Best Paper Award A comprehensive, in-depth and absorbing guide to attaining the most energy efficient dynamic between lubricant and engine bearings. Read Dr Gareth Fish’s award winning paper in full for a complete analysis of the difficulties inherent and solutions to the running of a smooth, efficient machine.
100th Lube-Tech Pages 32 to 37
Esters – The Most Versatile of Base Stock Technologies In our 100th Lube-Tech, John Eastwood of Croda Lubricants takes a detailed look at the chemical properties and versitility of different types of esters, and in so doing demonstrates that whatever your base stock needs, an ester is almost certainly available that can fulfill it.
Rail Curve Grease Evaluation Pages 40, 41, 42 and 44 Part 1 Laboratory Analysis
The first of four articles by Lou Honary examining the required specifications and performance of both bio- based and conventional railroad curve grease.
UEIL Local Report UNITI Page 56 Germany
An outline of the function and structure of UNITI and their daughter company UMT, detailing how the organisations have helped overcome challenges in the lubricant industry over the past two years.
Regulars: UKLA President’s Report UEIL President’s Report UEIL News
Local Report Appointments
ICIS Base Oil Report Forthcoming Events Publisher’s details
The Mosta Dome.
The 2015 UEIL Annual Congress will take place in Malta between 21 and 23 October at the Hilton Malta Hotel. Full details for the conference programme for these three days can be found in this magazine, with the fourth day being alocated a tourism day for any who wish to take the opportunity to see sights such as the beautiful Rotunda of St Marija Assunta; the aforementioned Mosta Dome. Turn to page 53 for the Programme.
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Majestic Malta
When I heard that the UEIL 2015 Annual Conference was to be held in Malta, I was very happy because it’s my favourite holiday destination. I’ve been visiting the Maltese islands for 25 years and since 2003 have enjoyed scuba diving in the clear, warm waters. Malta is between Sicily and North Africa and easy to fly to from many European airports. The islands contain lots of interesting places to visit – including some megalithic temples which pre-date the Egyptian pyramids by 1000 years.
Since my last editorial, instead of a quiet summer, the news has been full of startling economic events across the world which will affect us all. The big news right now is the Chinese economy and worries of a slow-down which is affecting world commodity prices. This month, a US oil benchmark hit a low of $39 per barrel of crude. The low price of crude oil is hitting oil producers hard. Even Saudi Arabia has seen a sharp decline in its monetary reserves. The EC economy continues to be affected by problems with Russia over eastern Ukraine and the Crimea.
So it’s a safe prediction that our inter-connected world is still going through turbulent times and difficult to see too far ahead.
LUBE’s readers have been very active and productive as you will find out when you see what’s in store for you. This edition is 68 pages, equalling the April 2015 publication. Starting on page 12 you will be able to read the article submitted by Gareth Fish of Lubrizol who won the ELGI Best Paper Award whilst on page 40 you will find the first of a four part report from Lou Honary of Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing (ELM) on the performance of biobased and conventional railroad curve grease.
I am thrilled to announce that this edition of Lube Magazine carries the 100th edition of LUBE-TECH. You can read more about the history of LUBE-TECH on page 31.
Regarding the UEIL Annual Congress, my flight to Malta lands at 11:50 on Wednesday 21 October, so if anyone is at the airport and would like to share a taxi, do let me know. After checking in we can then enjoy a Cisk at the hotel.
If you would like to contact me please do
suzy@ukla.org.uk
Suzy Jarman Editor
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