The Solution
Working with Loram Maintenance of Way, our strategic partners within the North American rail market, RS Clare presented our ClareTech EcoCurve Heavy Haul all-seasons, extreme service gauge face grease as a high-performance curved rail lubrication solution to the track maintenance team. An extensive, internal comparative evaluation of ClareTech EcoCurve Heavy Haul was conducted against multiple competitive lubricants in the railroad network’s test facilities, measuring properties such as flow pressures at different temperatures and grease fling off on track mats at elevated temperatures. Another test used a functioning lubricator in a -32°F temperature-controlled environment with a low volume (8”) of grease in the reservoir to assess if ClareTech EcoCurve Heavy Haul would slump and cavitate when being pumped, which it did not. This is something that had been previously encountered when testing other gauge face greases.
Following satisfactory lab testing, ClareTech EcoCurve Heavy Haul was extensively field trialled to confirm its all-seasons performance capabilities and after a lengthy and successful field trial, ClareTech EcoCurve Heavy Haul was approved and is now the most widely used gauge face lubricant on this Class I railroad’s network.
ClareTech EcoCurve Heavy Haul is proven to deliver consistent pumpability and performance in all seasonal conditions, allowing operators to use one grease all year round and reduce the complexity, costs and risks associated with using multiple seasonal grades of grease.