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Rail industry - Lubricants help to reduce maintenance costs.

Rail industry - Lubricants help to reduce maintenance costs.
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Rail industry - Lubricants help to reduce maintenance costs.

Product catalog summary
Overview
Klüber Lubrication specializes in providing specialty lubricants for the rail industry, aimed at reducing maintenance costs and ensuring efficient operation. These lubricants are designed to meet the specific needs of rail components while being environmentally compatible.
Gear Lubrication
Klüber offers high-performance synthetic gear oils like Klübersynth LEG 4 75 W 90, which reduce friction and lower oil sump temperatures. These oils are suitable for high-stress conditions and allow for extended oil change intervals.
Traction Motor Bearing Lubrication
For traction motors, Klüber provides ISOFLEX TOPAS L 152 for temperatures below 100°C and Klübersynth BHP 72-102 for higher temperatures, both offering long relubrication intervals and excellent wear protection.
Lubrication of Railway Switches
High-performance lubricants like Klüberbio ALO 32-4000 ensure reliability under all weather conditions, offering low friction, high corrosion resistance, and biodegradability.
Customised Solutions
Klüber collaborates with clients to develop customized lubricants that extend maintenance intervals and reduce the quantity of lubricant needed.
Product Benefits
Klüber's lubricants are globally available and supported by experts, offering extended relubrication intervals, reduced friction, and compliance with industry standards, leading to lower life cycle costs and improved reliability.
Lubricant Specifications
  • 4-460 N: Provides excellent wear protection and resistance to aging, suitable for disc brakes.
  • STABURAGS NBU 30 PTM: Known for adhesive properties and ease of dismantling, with good water resistance.
  • Klüberplex AG 11-462: Light adhesive grease with good water and corrosion resistance.
Application Areas
  • Bogies: Lubricants like STABURAGS NBU 30 PTM are used for screw connections, offering easy dismantling and corrosion protection.
  • Bogie Wheels: Products like Klüberrail LEA 62-2000 offer wear protection and environmental compatibility.
  • Axles: ALTEMP Q NB 50 provides high pressure absorption and low friction.
Coaches and Connectors
  • Doors: BARRIERTA L 25 DL ensures low opening forces and UV protection.
  • Linear Guides: ISOFLEX LDS 18 Spezial A offers long-term lubrication and corrosion protection.
Infrastructure and Production
  • Points and Rails: Klüberrail AL 32-2000 offers good adhesiveness and environmental compatibility.
  • Power Supply: Klüberbio LO 32-2500 reduces wear and sparking.
  • Escalators: Klübersynth GH 6 provides high wear protection and noise dampening.
Environmental and Operational Benefits
Many lubricants are biodegradable and eco-friendly, meeting OECD 301F standards, offering long relubrication intervals, and reducing environmental impact.
Conclusion
The document highlights the importance of selecting the right lubricant for specific applications to ensure optimal performance, longevity, and environmental responsibility. Klüber Lubrication offers a wide range of products tailored to meet diverse industrial needs.
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Lubricants help reduce maintenance costs. Solutions for the rail industry

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Speciality lubricants made by Kluber Lubrication can help reduce maintenance costs Speciality lubricants made by Kluber Lubrication can help reduce maintenance costs 3 Traction motor bearing lubrication 6 Lubrication of railway switches 7 Optimally equipped with our speciality lubricants 8 Clearing the line with high-quality speciality lubricants With Kluber Lubrication speciality lubricants, you make sure the complex interaction of trains and infrastructure is kept running. The right lubricant will reduce operating costs reliably and efficiently by ensuring the correct lubrication of bogie components,...

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Rail vehicle gearboxes have to reliably withstand high stress: high loads, high speeds, vibrations and extremely variable temperatures. Kluber Lubrication has developed a range of high-performance gear oils to ensure that gearboxes can meet these challenges. Due to their extraordinary performance capabilities, these gear oils can cope with different sets of requirements. All our gear oils for railway applications are fully synthetic and based on polyalphaolefins (PAO): There’s “75 W 90”, and then there’s “75 W 90” 2. Shear stability Pour point Kinematic Kinematic Viscosity Micropitting API GL...

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waiting time Rain simulation Target temperature Current temperature Kluberbio ALO 32-4000 maintains its performance characteristics also after periods of rain. Lubricants for use in traction motors have to fulfil stringent requirements. They also have to do their job reliably at low or high temperatures, variable speeds and vibrations. It is therefore advisable that you use only lubricants that have shown their capability to cope with such requirements in practice. Many of our customers from all over the world have very good experience with our speciality lubricants and have also performed used...

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Optimally equipped with our speciality lubricants air compressor rail flank switch plates door bogie brake traction motor wheel flange gearbox coupling 8

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Drives and chassis Module Lubricant composition Benefits for your application Traction motor bearings Service temperature < 100 °C permanently Fully-synthetic hydrocarbon oil with lithium soap –– Extended relubrication intervals –– Good thermal resistance –– Low start-up torque at low temperatures –– Tried-and-tested for many years by international OEMs and operators Service temperature > 100 °C permanently Ester oil mixed with PFPE, PTFE and a polyurea thickener –– Very good performance at high bearing temperatures –– Long relubrication intervals –– Successfully used by international OEMs like...

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Bogies Module Lubricant composition Benefits for your application Screw and bolt connections Mineral oil with barium complex soap and a high percentage of solid lubricant –– Easy dismantling of screws and fasteners after a long period of use –– Protects against tribo-corrosion –– Very good water and media resistance –– Good corrosion protection –– With friction values from 0.09 to 0.14 it meets DIN 25201 requirements –– Also available as spray Screw and bolt connections made of special steel PAO + mineral with lithium complex soap thickener and light-coloured solid lubricants –– With friction...

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Coaches and connectors Module Lubricant composition Benefits for your application PFPE oil with PTFE thickener –– Ensures low door opening and closing forces; particularly at low temperatures –– Good UV protection for longer seal life –– Neutral towards EPDM and silicone seals –– Silicone-free – no impairment of coating processes during chassis repair –– After evaporation of the solvent same performance at the seal as BARRIERTA L 25 DL BUT: –– Much easier application –– Thins layers can be applied PFPE oil with PTFE thickener –– Ensures low door opening and closing forces; particularly at low...

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Infrastructure Module Lubricant composition Benefits for your application Spray application with spray equipment on slide plates, sprayable down to −20 °C Ester oil with calcium soap, very thin consistency Spray / brush application on slide plates, sprayable down to −10 °C Ester oil with calcium soap, thin consistency –– Readily biodegradable, eco-friendly lubricant –– Low switching forces in points, also at low temperatures –– Good water resistance –– Good corrosion protection –– Long relubrication intervals –– Easy application with portable spray equipment Brush application on slide plates...

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Application Screws and bolts, chains, locks, hinges, control cables Function Product Benefits for your application Lubricating oil, QUIETSCH-EX - Infiltrates and repels water preservation, - Creeps into very small gaps rust remover, - Good corrosion protection cutting oil - Clean cuts when drilling and sawing - Non-destructive dismantling of rusted components Machine tool Machines, installations, components Rolling and plain bearings, gear rims, racks Spindle bearings Assembly paste ALTEMP Q NB 50 - Long service life due to good water and media resistance - Prevents fretting corrosion - Reduces...

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Klüber Lubrication – your global specialist Innovative tribological solutions are our passion. Through personal contact and onsultation, c we help our customers to be successful worldwide, in all industries and markets. With our ambitious technical concepts and experienced, competent staff we have been ulfilling f increasingly demanding requirements by manufacturing efficient high-performance l ubricants for more than 85 y

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