Testimonials
A construction company in Washington and Idaho significantly benefits from Lubrication Engineers' lubricants in their rock crushing operations.
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Results
LE’s Almagard and Monolec products significantly improved equipment efficiency and reduced maintenance time, leading a rock crushing operation to revert to them after experiencing frequent bearing failures with a competitor’s cheaper lubricant.
Please send us your product again. That other stuff we have been forced to use is running out of the bearings...we can’t keep it in anything. All we do now is replace bearings on the equipment.
- Customer
Customer Profile
With locations throughout Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, a major construction company has its base of operations in Spokane, Washington. They have used lubricants manufactured by Lubrication Engineers, Inc., in their rock crushing operation for decades to lower operating costs and reduce downtime. This has a huge impact on their productivity in a very competitive crushed rock, sand and gravel market. For the past 15 years, their LE lubrication consultant has been John Kowsky, Jr.
Application
Depending on the season, Almagard® Vari-Purpose Lubricants (3751-3752) have been giving many years of protection in the bearings of the JCI Screens, while the Nordberg 1352 and 1144 Omnicone equipment utilize Monolec® Gear Lubricant (703) in the oil lubricated bearings. Almagard 3751 & 3752 are also the maintenance crew’s choice in the three crushed stone conveyors which measure 500, 600 and 700 feet, in all the Caterpillar front loaders, and earth moving equipment. During the busy paving and road construction season, this equipment operates two shifts, for a total of 20 hours a day.
Results
With LE’s Almagard and Monolec products providing protection, the mechanics feel the equipment is performing far more efficiently, with far fewer shutdowns for bearing replacement, and less man-hours spent relubricating. While no dollar figure is available, this was recently reinforced in early summer 2003, when one of the upper management people was “sold”, by a competitive specialty lubricant company, the idea that their lubricants were “just as good as LE, and cheaper.” Loyal personnel at this rock crushing operation were forced, against their will, to quit purchasing LE lubricants, and begin purchasing the competitor’s product. After four months of using the competitor’s product, the customer called John Kowsky, Jr. and asked to “please send us your product again. That other stuff we have been forced to use is running out of the bearings…we can’t keep it in anything. All we do now is replace bearings on the equipment.” With that, this customer was back to the LE products that had been giving them such superior service and uptime.