Testimonials
Quinplex® Food Machinery Lubricant significantly improved equipment longevity and efficiency in a large food manufacturing plant.
key takeaways
Challenge
Constant water and soap intrusion in the machine components caused the commercial grade grease used by the plant to wash out.
LE solution
Quinplex® Food Machinery Lubricant (4024) is a high-performance, NSF H1 certified grease recommended by Larry Boyle for food processing equipment, offering water resistance, rust inhibition, mechanical stability, and extreme pressure performance.
Results
Switching to Quinplex 4024 has doubled the life expectancy of Angelus 60L seamer components, spindle rolls, and upper turret assembly from five to ten years, significantly reducing downtime and enhancing equipment performance.
LE helps me do my job better. My equipment runs longer and downtime is minimized. LE products and services come through for me.
- Maintenance Supervisor
Customer Profile
This facility is one of the largest private label manufacturers of soups and baby foods in North America. This plant – which has been an LE customer since 1995 – makes soups and baby foods for several customers under many different brand names.
Application
The plant uses two Angelus 60L can seamers to seal the soup can lids after they are filled. Each seamer processes an average of 250,000 cans per day, for a total plant production of 500,000 soup cans per day.
Challenge
The commercial grade grease the plant was using washed out from the constant intrusion of water and soap in the machine components.
LE Solution
Larry Boyle, LE lubrication consultant, recommended Quinplex® Food Machinery Lubricant (4024), an NSF H1 lubricant recommended for food processing equipment. This white, water-resistant grease resists high temperatures, clings to metal, inhibits rust and corrosion, and is mechanically stable. It provides true extreme pressure performance and contains Quinplex®, LE’s exclusive impact- and water-resistant additive.
Results
The average projected life for Angelus 60L seamer components is five years, which is what the plant had experienced prior to switching to LE. Using Quinplex 4024, the 60L seamer major component life is now 10 years, double the previous life expectancy. The plant also uses Quinplex 4024 in the Angelus 60L spindle rolls and upper turret assembly. It has doubled the life of both of these machine components as well.
“LE helps me do my job better,” the maintenance supervisor said. “My equipment runs longer and downtime is minimized. LE products and services come through for me.”