Keeping Machinery running al l over the World!

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LHL® – Lube Hybrid Lubrication

Based on the integration of human and technologies and with

Keeping machinery running all over the world as our word to achieve our business goal

Eijiro Horikoshi | President LUBE Corporation

To help the precision equipment and parts manufacturers that form our customer

base in the 21st century to overcome the global environment problems they face today, we will continue to consider the relationship between lubrication technologies and our customer´s needs. To this end, we aim to continue achieving energy and resource savings through wear reduction and prevention and to maintain mechanical part

performance and stable machine functions, as advocated in tribology.We will give careful consideration to the various conditions in which precision machines are used around the world, and continue to verify in-house the convenience, reliability, and durability of maintenance conducted by using lubrication technologies. In doing so, we hope to be able to share our problem awareness with machine users and manufacturers throughout

the world, who provide support for basic industries, as if we were a single team.We have made it our mission to stick to the origin of value creation. In other words, we have determined to continue responding to the various applications of our worldwide customers and providing services that make our customers truly happy, while adhering to continuous improvement of the LHL® lubrication equipment and the LHL® system concepts.

LHL® Next generation lubricant Preventing the crush and excessive abrasion of high-load linear motion guide bearings

No emulsification and preventing corrosion with excellent anti-rust property

Forming and maintaining a strong oil film on rolling surfaces of linear-guide bearing

Offering an ideal lubrication effect with a proper lubricant volume at proper time

Lubricant cost

Man-hours of refilling

Contamination of machines / workshops

Storage and transportation of oil

Reducing lubricant

consumption

Reducing the abrasion of

machine parts

Preventing the deterioration and decomposition of

cutting fluid

Lubrication oil getting into cutting oil

Deteriorated cutting fluid

Waste cutting fluid disposal

Undesirable working environment due to

foul smell

Poor oil film maintaining capacity

Rust and abrasion caused by cutting fluid washing

oil away

Lubricant trouble due to different lubricant

Advantages of Oil

*High Load-carrying capacity*Liquidity

*Excellent transport property

*No solidification

Advantages of Grease

*Wear resistance

*Water resistance

*Excellent oil film

*maintenance property

*Adherent property

Resolving your lubrication problems

Integrating the advantages of Oil and Grease

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LHL® – Lube Hybrid Lubrication

Performance Lubricants are used in very large amounts at the production facilities of machine tool users. There are also problems associated with the shortening of the life of mechanical parts caused by lubricant issues, for example the deterioration and decomposition of coolants and grease solidification. The LHL® system is LUBE’s proprietary system, which takes advantage of the benefits of both oil‘s liquid nature and grease‘s adhesiveness.

Basic Oil Film Thickness Evaluation Test

1.000

100

100.001 0.010 0.100 1.000

Rolling velocity (m/s)

Cen

ter

oil fi

lm

thic

knes

s (n

m)

LHL®-X100 Special urea

Li #000 base grease

Oil #110

Ü Lubricating film becomes thinnest when rolling and sliding surface velocities are at very low speeds of close to zero. Compared to oil or conventional grease, LHL®-X100 special urea grease maintains a thick oil film even at low speeds, so preventing machinery wear arising from the loss of the lubrication film.

1,2

1

0,8

0,6

0,4

0,2

0

General purpose

lithium grease No.2

Advanced oil for sliding

surfaces

LHL®-X100

Fretting Resistance Test*

Ü LHL®-X100 controls metallic contact with excellent action similar to oil and film formation, thanks to its special urea structure and additive. Therefore, it can reduce wear of machine components even in lubrication areas with severe fretting conditions.

ÜThe stick-slip phenomenon can cause tool damage and a reduction in processing precision. LHL®-X100 inhibits the occurrence of this phenomenon as its fluctuation ranges of static friction and dynamic friction

coefficients are low and have small absolute values at all speeds.The LHL® system provides a significant boost to the maintenance of machine tool performance and the stability of machine functions.

Friction Coefficient Test (Stick-Slip Resistace Performance)*

Stick-slip occurred at a speed of 24 mm/min or less

µ max: Static fiction coefficient

µ min: Dynamic fiction coefficient

Stick-slip occurred

Stick-slip occurred

0,25

0,2

0,15

0,1

0,05

01 10 100 1000

Slip velocity (mm/min)

Ad

van

ced

Oil

for

Slid

ing

Su

rfac

ec µ max

µ min

Stick-slip did not occur at all test speeds

µ max: Static fiction coefficient

µ min: Dynamic fiction coefficient

0,25

0,2

0,15

0,1

0,05

01 10 100 1000

µ max

µ min

Slip velocity (mm/min)

LHL®

-X10

0

*Fafnir test (as per ASTM D 4170)

The frequency of part replacement

2 times longer lifetime on average

1

0,5

0Conventional

lubricantLHL®

The frequency of cutting fluid replacement

3 times longer lifetime on average

1

0,5

0Conventional

lubricantLHL®

Wea

r V

olu

me

(mg

)

*Tester: Bowden Tester, Material: Steel-Steel

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LHL® – Lube Hybrid Lubrication

Cost Effectiveness

The LHL® system can greatly reduce lubricant consumption compared with that used by oil lubrication systems.

Climate protection

Ü The LHL® system‘s consumption is more than 90% lower than that of oil lubrication systems. The advantage is clear.

ÜOperational costs can be kept down by reducing the number of lubricant refills required. ÜReduced consumption of lubricant and power leads to reduced environmental contamination such as used oil disposal and CO

2 emission.

Power consumption (kw/h)Annual running costs

Oil

LHL®

€ 0,00 € 500,00 € 1.000,00 € 1.500,00 € 2.000,00 € 2.500,00 € 3.000,00

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0Oil LHL®

Annual number of refills

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0Oil LHL®

Annual CO2 emissions (kg)

900

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0Oil LHL®

It also reduces oil disposal and CO2 emission.

Compared to an oil system on a machining centre, the LHL® system reduces lubricant consumption, power consumption and lubricant refilling time by roughly 80%. Reduced refilling time leads to reduced maintenance work. All of which adds up to less manufacturing cost.

The LHL® system is also eco-friendly. It decreases the number of times that lubrication needs to be refilled, consequently reducing power consumption. This also reduces the volume of lubricants disposed of, significantly curbing carbon dioxide emissions.

LHL®OIL

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LHL® – Lube Hybrid Lubrication

Improvement of intervention and oil film preservation from friction resistance and wear resistance in order to maintain mechanical part performance

Prevention of LHL® lubricant solidification and reduction in the appropriate amount of lubricant on a timely basis when LHL® lubricant is used for long periods in conjunction with LHL® S series products

Prevention of environmental pollution around machines and contribution to the finding of solutions to environmental pollution caused by the mixing of machining fluid, hydraulic oil, and other such products

Lubricant concept

The LHL® System

Cartridge concept

Achievement of 2% residual LHL® lubricant and development of a type of material and shape that is geared toward recycling

Provision of convenient lubricant storage and transfer for customers

Prevention of any deterioration in lubricant performance and properties as a result of the mixing of different types of grease

Prevention of mechanical part lubrication failures arising from the introduction of foreign materials or air bubbles during refilling from a pail can, etc

Realization of a stable supply of a lubricant best suited to mechanical parts and LHL® lubrication systems

Reduction in size and improvement in maintainbility and durability compared with existing equipment through a reduction in consumption power, the use of fewer parts, and parts standardization

Improvement of the system´s design while taking care not to impair the overall design of the machine on which the system is mounted

Improvement of handle ability for machine designers and users though reductions in weight and space required for the total system in combination with the use of LHL® lubricant

S series system concept

3D Piping diagram: We can make a three-dimensional drawing of a system kit for the lubrication system you adopt and deliver it as a data storage / system kit. This reduces the total cost of piping and installation work, and enables you to install the system more safety and securely without any trouble.

LRA Analysis for machine life extension: Fluorescent X-ray analysis (LRA-Analysis) enables real-time analysis of wear conditions of machine components operated at your production site. Based on the result of such analyses and abundant previous data, we understand the lubrication conditions that best fit your machines (in terms of environment and other conditions). We provide minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) information based on our findings.

Recovery: We provide service to recover used grease cartridges for users of “LUBE Original Cartridge Grease” to help protect the environment. For more information, please contact our sales staff.

Service concept

In cooperation with leading machine manufacturers and machine users Lube developed a new lubrication system matching the characteristic of Lube Hybrid Lubricant.

Typical Properties of LHL®-X100

Apperance Semi-fluid

Colour yellow

Worked penetration 460

Copper Corrosion Pass* (100 deg°C/ 24h)

Oil seperation N/A (100deg°C/24h) w.t.%)

Thickener Urea

Base oil viscosity mm 2/s (40 deg °C) 114(100 deg °C) 12.3

Based oil viscosity index 97

*No change in colour into green or black on copper plate is observed

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Product Overview

References

Major Clients of LHL®

AISIN SEIKI • BROTHER • CITIZEN SEIMITSU • DENSO • FANUC • HINO MOTORS • HONDA • HOWA MACHINERY • JATCO • KOYO MACHINE INDUSTRIES • MAKINO • MINEBEA • MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES • MORI SEIKI • MURATEC • SUBARU • TAIYO KOKI • TOSHIBA MACHINE • TOYOTA • TSUGAMI • UD TRUCKS ...

Hybrid Lubrication LHL® System

Being designed, taking machine user´s opinions into consideration, to integrate the advantages of oil and grease, LHL® 100 X is highly vesartile, yet machine environment and machine user-friendly lubricant. It reduces your running costs, maintains accuracy and performance of your machines and their essential parts and it reduces CO

2-emmisions.

Oil Lubrication Positive Displacement Injector (PDI) System for large machines

Automatic intermittent gear pump AMO-III DS: Capable of operation over a wide working viscosity range. Digital display tells how the pump is doing on sight. Control by timer and counter is selectable.

Accessories

Adapters - Brushes – Connectors – Controller – Closure plugs - Compression parts – Drive bushings – Eliminizers – Filters – Fittings – Grease vaccum cleaner – Jet Nozzles – Pressure gauges – Pressure switches – Sensors - Tubing (parts) – and many more…

Grease Lubrication Multi-Port Centralized Lubrication System

YMT is the only centralized lubrication system that offers grease cartridges suitable to lubricate industrial machines working in the various and yet severe environments.

LUBE runs a global business with many sites and customers located throughout the world. In just two years, the LHL® system has been employed in 10,000 machines worldwide.

Improvement of the cutting fluid deterioration and decompositionProblem with grease solidification

Maintains accuracy and performance of machines and their element parts

Reduces oil lubricant

User´s Comments about LHL®

We had problems with mixtures of different types of grease. So, we think the dedicated cartridge for LHL® is a great idea.“

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One of the advantages of oil lubrication is its good penetration between mechanical parts. We can expect the same penetration from LHL® too, since it has properties close to oil.“

” For machines used in environments exposed to water in particular, we have high expectations of LHL®´s sealing properties, an advantage of grease, and of the water-resistance of urea grease.“

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Oil contamination around the machines and foul odors caused by oil contaminating the cutting fluid are eliminated.“

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It has been 10 months since LHL® system was installed, and we´ve had no accumulation of grease waste or grease fixation problems.“

”Depending on the place where parts were at-tached or their direction, we had oil being washed away, which led to lubrication failures. Naturally, then, water resistance is also important.“

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Reasons of Adopting the LHL® System

Keeping machinery running all over the world

GLOBAL NETWORK

CONTRACTUAL PARTNERLUBE GROUP

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JAPAN / Tokyo World Head Quarters

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South Africa

Canada

Mexico

Brasil

Sweden

Italy

France

Australia

New Zealand

MalaysiaSingapore

Thailand

Hong kong

Taiwan

Korea

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