Castrol lubricant tolerates coolant contamination

Castrol has developed a new generation of lubricants which, unlike conventional lubricants, are compatible with its production fluids. The nine new products were develped between Castrol and an automotive customer and have been approved by the automotive manufacturer and its major equipment suppliers for use across Europe and America. In addition, Castrol has developed the methodology to emulsify, filter and recycle the fluids during production. And this extremely complex project had to be completed to a deadline for implementation in a new engine production line. Savings achieved by this first fully-compatible range of production fluids on a single production line over a five-year period are expected to save 1,000 tonnes of water waste, 250 tonnes of solid waste and £500,000 in waste costs.