Road Construction Company Extends Oil-Drain Interval By 50% With Shell Rimula R4
Road Construction Company Extends Oil-Drain Interval By 50% With Shell Rimula R4
COMPANY – Road Construction Company
LOCATION – India
APPLICATION – Heavy Duty Diesel
KEY EDGE – Shell Rimula R4, Shell LubeAnalyst
SAVINGS – ₹ 30,02,992 total reported annual customer saving
A road construction company wanted to determine the best lubricant for equipment it would use on a new project in Inore India. The equipment included heavy-duty machinery from Komatsu, MAN and Greaves. After considering different lubricant suppliers, the company chose Shell lubricantsL Shell recommended Shell Rimula R3 X 1S W-40 for all the engines, which gave an oil-drain interval of 300 hours.
Subsequently, owing to an increase in the work load, the customer wanted to extend the oil-drain interval, so Shell proposed Shell Rimula R415W-40 for this. To support this recommendation, the Shell technical team used the oil condition monitoring service Shell LubeAnalyst to measure oil performance and identify the correct oil-drain interval.
By switching to Shell Rimula R4 lSW-40,the company was able to extend its oil-drain interval by 5O% from 300 to 450 hours. The company reduced its lubricant consumption and extended its maintenance intervals because fewer oil changes were required, which resulted in lower maintenance costs. It also benefited from reduced production downtime and was able to complete the project two months earlier than scheduled. The company reported a total annual saving of ₹ 30,02,992