Managing durability yet lowering viscosity to improve fuel efficiency are key trends in designing high-quality off-highway lubricants.

Oil and Lubricants are designed to add value to manufacturing operations. It helps with wear protection and longer oil life and maintains system efficiency. Jayanta Ray, General Manager-Industrial and OEM, GS Caltex India Pvt Ltd., shares how the company’s product portfolio covers product cost, maintenance, and administration costs.

What are the emerging technological developments in oils and lubricants for the construction and mining industries?
Construction and mining operation causes significant wear and tear, which is responsible for the decrease in downtime and the life of the equipment. Choosing the right quality lubricants is necessary to overcome the challenges arising from these severe applications. In construction and mining, the anti-wear performance and the need for good corrosion protection are critical factors for developing such high-performance lubricants. New generation high-quality lubricants are now introduced to reduce costs by extending drain intervals, improving energy efficiency and increasing equipment life. Managing durability yet lowering viscosity to improve fuel efficiency are key trends in designing high-quality off-highway lubricants. The use of synthetic lubricants is getting popular in use in extreme conditions. Furthermore, using bio-lubricants is becoming a norm in a few countries due to stringent environmental regulations.

What are the company’s new products and solutions?
GS Caltex’s KIXX range of off-highway lubricants is designed to add value to any manufacturing operations due to the following parameters as listed below:

Wear Protection: Helps limit wear and corrosion to guard against breakdowns.

Longer Oil Life: The longer an oil’s life, the less fluid maintenance your equipment requires so it can continue to operate without interruption.

Maintain system efficiency:
Helping your equipment to operate under higher stresses for longer.

In the last few years, we have introduced BS VI-approved ranges like Kixx HD1 CK4 category (Engine Oils), Kixx Hydro HVL range (Ultra Long Drain HiPerformance Hydraulic Oils) and Kixx Gearsyn GL5 75W90 (Fuel economic Transmissions Oils) and Kixx Moly Grease to address the needs of our esteemed off-highway customers.

How can your solutions provide a cost-effective advantage in the market?
GS Caltex’s Construction and Mining Lubricants Portfolio focuses on all costs, including product, maintenance, and administration costs, thereby reducing the total cost of ownership for a business house.

GS Caltex Team of experts has extensive knowledge and experience in supporting mining companies in the following areas:
• Product Innovation and Development.
• Onsite Equipment Monitoring.
• Diagnosis and troubleshooting.
• Training and Development.
• Optimised Supply Chain Operations.

R&D is the core strength of GS Caltex in developing product competitiveness for lubricants and polymers. The company’s R&D facility is located near Seoul in South Korea, which has developed many award-winning lubricants to forge partnerships with major OEMs and key accounts.

Our extensive relationship with OEMs is invaluable in delivering technical services consistent with the latest trends. These services are indispensable in keeping equipment at peak performance and include advanced oil condition monitoring, customised training programs, technical troubleshooting and technical assistance.

To avoid expensive, catastrophic machinery failures and reduce the risk of unplanned downtime and costly repairs, almost every progressive mining company now practises condition-based monitoring for their critical equipment. The company’s Oil Conditioning Monitoring (OCM) testing and evaluation services offer a full, independent, expert interpretation of lubricant fluids targeted towards improving productivity and reducing downtime.

How do you address the requirement for smaller carbon footprints with your product line or line of products?
To meet the climate goals, commercial vehicles are bound to reduce emissions by 80 per cent over the coming years, as desired by various global governmental policies. The Government of India aims for CO2 reduction targets of 15 per cent by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030 for commercial vehicles.

The company is fully committed to moving to a greener product portfolio. In the Indian market, GS Caltex already has fully synthetic PAO-based solutions for engine oils, transmission and gear oils aiming to reduce carbon footprints. We have also recently launched plant-based engine oil KIXX BIO 1 for our environmentally conscious key customers. KIXX BIO range is eco-friendly engine oil made from renewable plant-based base oil to meet the standards of a new era in sustainable mobility.

For more details please refer:
www.gscaltexindia.com