Lubricants and Extreme Cold

摘要

At Klueber Lubrication North America LP, we see how cold weather affects equipment used in a wide range of maritime applications, including offshore supply operations, the oil and gas industries, cargo transport, fishing, and ferry services. In these applications, frigid air temperatures are encountered not just in arctic regions, but also sub-arctic transition regions such as the Baltic Sea and the Great Lakes, which in 2014 saw temperatures fall well below -30℃. Because different types of lubricants perform differently in extremely cold ambient temperatures, vessel operators are justifiably concerned about how well their mechanical equipment will be protected when lubricants are exposed to very low temperatures.