Testimonials
Almasol® Worm Gear Lubricant significantly reduced operating temperatures and downtime for Vital Earth Resources.
key takeaways
Challenge
Right angle drive boxes experienced overheating issues, reaching temperatures of 195°-215°F, causing them to over amp and shut down, especially in ambient conditions of 110°-116°F.
LE solution
Walter Morman, a lubrication consultant, recommended Almasol® Worm Gear Lubricant (460) for its ability to protect worm gears and bronze parts with its exclusive wear-reducing additive and high-quality components that ensure excellent lubricity and load carrying capacity.
Results
Switching to Almasol Worm Gear Lubricant reduced operating temperatures by 30-40°F and eliminated downtime, saving approximately $73,125 over two years by preventing weekly 1½-hour production losses valued at $3,750 per hour.
Put LE in your equipment and you can go on home and sleep at night!
- Bj Borkja, Maintenance Engineers
Customer Profile
Vital Earth Resources is a major producer of quality soils and fertilizers, both organic and chemical. They use LE products almost exclusively and have since the startup of the company in 1983. Prior to that time, the owners used LE products in another company, Luckwood, Inc. Luckwood, an excavating and paving business, was incorporated in 1977, and in the ‘80’s was named a Fortune 500 company. One of the founders of Luckwood and Vital Earth was the late Buck Hammer. Buck’s sons and daughter-in-law, Scott, Terrie, and Kerry Hammer currently operate and manage Vital Earth Resources. Scott, President, is a true believer that LE Products do protect their very expensive equipment. Their equipment includes a digester (a 120’ long composting vessel), tub grinders, screens, hammer mills, conveyors, dump trucks, tractor/trailers, loaders, etc.
Their customer base is nursery and professional landscapers in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Application
Vital Earth use a Bouldin & Lawson Model #17003 for packing and bagging product for shipment.
Challenge
Right angle drive boxes were running extremely hot, 195°-215°F (91°-102°C). Late in the day with ambient running around 110°-116°F (43°-47°C), these units would over amp and shut down.
LE Solution
Walter Morman, LE lubrication consultant, recommended Almasol® Worm Gear Lubricant (460). Almasol 460 is designed to protect worm gears and bronze parts. It contains Almasol, LE’s exclusive wear-reducing additive, and other high quality additives to give excellent lubricity and film strength along with high load carrying ability.
Results
Since the conversion to Almasol Worm Gear Lubricant, the operating temperatures have dropped to 165°-175°F (74°-79°C), that is 30-40°F cooler than with the commercial grade lubricant. Lost production is valued at $3,750 per hour on this unit. Previously, approximately 1½ hours were lost at least once a week during the months of July, August and September. Since the conversion to Almasol Worm Gear Lubricant, there has been no downtime. That is a savings of approximately $73,125 in a two year period!