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From friction to competitive advantage Lubricant: A factor for Energy-Efficient Production

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Ambitious climate goals, rising energy prices, increasing competitive pressure, and ever-higher demands on operational resilience: manufacturing companies are under pressure. Against this backdrop, energy efficiency is becoming a strategic factor—and one lever is the optimization of lubrication.

Lower energy consumption: Switching the compressor oil in a refrigeration compressor like this paid off after just one month.(Image: Shutterstock / bit mechanic)
Lower energy consumption: Switching the compressor oil in a refrigeration compressor like this paid off after just one month.
(Image: Shutterstock / bit mechanic)

Friction is one of the most direct causes of energy losses: globally, over 100 million terajoules of energy are spent annually to overcome friction losses (Source: Holmberg, K. & Ali Erdemir, A.: Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions, 2017). In industrial applications, these losses occur in gears, bearings, compressors, chains, or pumps—essentially everywhere components move relative to one another.

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