Bearing fluids and lubricants
High-performance metalworking fluids, cleaners, corrosion preventives and greases can help reduce costs and improve productivity in manufacturing processes
Castrol’s Liquid Engineers have many years’ experience of working with the manufacturing industry. We recognize the continually evolving challenges of this fast-paced sector and the demands placed on bearing manufacture processes. We understand the pressure you face when it comes to reducing costs while improving productivity in order to remain competitive.
This drives our Liquid Engineers to develop flexible lubricant solutions, services, training and advice designed to help you to reduce downtime and improve the efficiency of your bearings manufacturing processes.
Strong relationships with Machine Tool Manufacturing (MTM) Original Equipment Manufacturers help keep us informed of industry developments to engineer solutions that meet the latest demands.
Our experts will help you select the most appropriate metalworking fluids and cleaners to keep your business competitive, and help you meet industry and legislative requirements.
Bearings
The manufacturing of bearings includes different operations on ferrous alloys also reflecting the metallurgy.
Soft machining
Solutions for initial cutting operations, such as turning, sawing and soft grinding.
Pre-quench cleaning
Aqueous process cleaners helping to minimize failures caused by particulate soils in hardening process.
Heat treatment
Solutions for quenching of rings.
Post-quench cleaning
Reduces failures that excessive quenching oil contamination in finish machining process causes
Finish machining
Solutions for final cutting operations, such as grinding, super-finishing and honing.
Final cleaning
Matching required cleanliness levels and providing temporary corrosion protection prior to assembly.
Corrosion protection and water displacement
Enhanced protection against corrosion during intermediate storage or transportation.
Roller and Ball
The manufacturing of balls and rollers includes different operations, our Liquid Engineers recommended the following products:
Pre-quench cleaning
Reduces failures caused by particulate soils in hardening process.
Heat treatment
Solutions for quenching of balls and rollers.
Hard grinding
Grinding operation post hardening process.
Inter-operational cleaning
Reducing failures caused by particulate soils in finish machining process.
Finish grinding
Final finishing and lapping process.
Final cleaning
Matching required cleanliness levels and providing temporary corrosion protection prior to assembly.
Corrosion protection and water displacement
Enhanced protection against corrosion during intermediate storage or transportation.
Cage
Cage manufacturing involves different operations, the following products are recommended by our Liquid Engineers:
Rough machining
Solutions for initial cutting operations, such as sawing and turning.
Forming
Solutions for operations such as blanking.
Pre-quench cleaning
Reduces failures caused by particulate soils in hardening process.
Heat treatment
Solutions for quenching of rings.
Post-quench cleaning
Reduces failures that excessive quenching oil contamination in finish machining process causes.
Finish machining
Final cutting operations, such as grinding, super finishing and honing.
Final cleaning
Matching required cleanliness levels and providing temporary corrosion protection prior to assembly.
Corrosion protection and water displacement
Enhanced protection against corrosion during intermediate storage or transportation.
Assembly
Our Liquid Engineers recommend the following products for your assembly operations:
Final cleaning
Matching required cleanliness levels and providing temporary corrosion protection prior to assembly
Corrosion protection
Solutions for enhanced protection against corrosion during intermediate storage or transportation