Is it necessary to use imported brands for lubricants and greases?

If you’re in charge of equipment maintenance, then what you said really shows no technical understanding at all. What’s important is to consider the design of the unit, as well as what brand of lubricants and greases are used. As the saying goes, machines require 30% effort in operation and 70% effort in maintenance in order to function properly for a long time!

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Is there really a big difference between imported brands and domestic ones? How can you tell whether the lubricants and greases purchased are genuinely imported or fake?

Oil products have their own physical and chemical parameters. Users are required to select the oil according to the standards provided by the equipment. Regardless of which company produces the product, it must come with specifications for its physical and chemical properties. Such as viscosity, consistency, pH value, etc., under standard conditions. Regardless of which company manufactures it, as long as the physical and chemical parameters are within the range suitable for equipment use, it can be used. However, some imported equipment specifies particular grades, and it is best to use them as required. Or coordinate to allow for substitution. Let’s talk about something useless again – responses to others’ help should be respectful. It’s also necessary to summarize whether what they say makes sense; with all due respect, this is meant for reference only.

As long as it meets your usage requirements, of course it’s better to use domestic products; we support domestic products.

1 Use the lubricant specified in the manufacturer’s instructions. If a change is needed, compare various parameters of the oil you plan to use with those of the original lubricant. In 2 medium to large enterprises, changing the oil brand requires approval from the technical supervisor.

Whether to use domestic or imported oil products depends, first, on whether the performance of that oil meets the requirements for equipment operation; secondly, TCO (total cost of ownership) is taken into consideration, that is, maximizing the life cycle value. If only the first step is considered, then use the brand whose oil meets the requirements, without worrying about whether it is domestic or imported; but if the overall cost over the life cycle is taken into account, then brand becomes a factor to consider.

Use specialized lubricants as required by the equipment; when choosing domestic alternatives to imported ones, it is necessary to check whether the specifications of the lubricants meet the requirements!