Custom Superior Performance Lubricants

Cutting Edge Product Technology Outside the Box Solutions Test Bed for New Technology   Custom Superior Performance Lubricants: Cutting Edge Product Technology
A Midwestern Integrated Mill was experiencing fires in the BOF area due to the large Bogi Drive’s piping leaking oil. Fires frequently broke out because of the oil’s close proximity to the BOF vessel and the hot slag that spewed from it whenever the kettle was changed. After several small fires and one major fire - everyone knew something had to be done. Under the direction of Saxton Industry President, Kyle Saxton while working closely with mill personnel and the Bogi Drive’s OEM, the first ever FIRE RESISTANT GEAR OIL WAS MANUFACTURED.	Click here to read full story
Outside the Box Solutions Sometimes lubricants will never meet the need - therefore it becomes necessary to look for alternatives such as the greaseless bearing application pictured below. Possible Applications: Steel mill application - Run out table at the bar mill
Before After These pictures show a customized means to meet the needs of the customer - it sometimes is necessary, to not only supply the right lubricant for a specific need but to custom design a means to apply that same specialized lubricant.
Test Bed for New Technology Large Midwestern Hot Mill changes over from Centralized Gear oil System to automated grease system .The mill was loosing approximately 900 gallons of oil a month into their slues way costing thousands of dollars to remove from the water in the waste treatment plant before being returned to the rivers and lakes where the water was first drawn from. The whole idea of lubricating the Edgers and the Screw Downs with something other than gear oil was new. It was not that there were no alternative products for lubricating the Edgers and Screw Downs, there were. However, there was no way to apply those products. Kyle Saxton working closely with mill personnel, both designed and fabricated a system, whereby the product would be applied directly to the gear area. This new means of applying the right amount of lubricant, at the right time, in the right place has revolutionized this large Midwestern Hot Mills Vertical Edgers.