The requirements to modern steels are increasing, their manufacturing process is getting more and more complex. At the same time, cost pressure is growing and environmental legislation becomes severer. This represents new challenges for the producers and consumers of lubricants.

The process of steel production means demanding tribological challenges, such as high temperatures, corrosive cooling media, abrasive dusts and extreme loads. One of the CARL BECHEM GMBH core competences is the development and production of high-quality lubricants which, thanks to their protective properties, withstand these rough conditions.

It has been proved in practice that our high-performance lubricants extend the lifetime of heavy machine elements. This is achieved by new products which reduce the influence of aggressive process conditions, protect the surfaces against tribo-corrosion, form preserving layers on the parts and maintain their lubricating effect even at high process temperatures.

In the cement and lime industry, mining and mineral processing machines and equipments are often subjected to extreme working conditions. Besides environmental influences such as dust, humidity and sometimes high temperature fluctuations, often very high and/or shock loads have to be managed. Since machines as well as possible downtime in production represent enormous cost factors and since redundant systems are in general not available, the selected lubricant is of major importance.

Based on years of experiences gathered in close cooperation with leading machine manufacturers special lubricants to cope with these severe conditions were developed in the BECHEM Innovation Center.

By using a new generation of high performance additives in the newly developed BECHEM lubricants a significant increase in wear protection combined with extended life time could be achieved. The application of these lubricants allows reduced power losses, lower maintenance costs and less downtime. Thus requirements for a higher economic efficiency and higher equipment availability are fulfilled.