Lubricating greases

We've been developing special greases with and for industry for 140 years. Our mission: to ensure that machines and systems suffer less wear and enjoy longer service lives. Lubricating greases from Rhenus Lub deliver top performance in a wide range of industries, applications and environmental conditions - they're ideally suited to your use case.

industries

Competence for your industry

Industry-specific grease solutions for over 14 industrial sectors worldwide.

Commercial vehicle

For commercial vehicles, our special greases ensure the lasting protection of highly stressed components – for high mileage and reduced maintenance.

Agriculture and forestry

Dust, moisture and heavy loads: For agricultural and forestry machinery, our greases provide durable wear and corrosion protection, even under the harshest conditions.

Mining and opencast mining

Extreme loads, dirt and moisture: In the mining and open-cast mining industries, our high-performance greases reliably protect the bearings and components of heavy machinery from wear.

Medical technology

For medical technology, we develop high-purity lubricating greases with excellent material compatibility – for precise, durable, and safe devices and instruments.

Food industry

For food production, we offer food-grade speciality lubricants for safe and hygienic lubrication wherever lubricants may come into contact with food.

Bearing technology

Our special greases offer optimal friction and wear reduction for rolling and plain bearings – for longer service lives and smooth, reliable operation.

Steel industry

Heat, tinder, and high loads: in steelworks, our high-temperature and high-load greases reliably keep bearings and machinery lubricated, even under the most extreme conditions.

Energy technology

Whether wind power or power plants: Our special greases provide long-lasting protection for highly stressed components in energy technology – even at extreme temperatures.

Product areas

A tried-and-tested product or a new development – it all depends on the application

Our portfolio of metalworking fluids spans a wide range of products – from cost-effective all-rounders to fluids for special applications.

Portfolio

In underground and open-cast mining, in steelworks, in agriculture or in forestry – valuable machines and systems require effective protection against environmental influences. Whether they’re exposed to heat, cold, humidity or dry conditions – your valuable capital goods, machinery and equipment are safe with special greases from Rhenus Lub.

Our expert team will be happy to advise you on how to choose the right product. Leave the work to us – we’ll be happy to help!

New development

Lubricants are an important design element in mechanical engineering. The sooner in the development process you factor in selecting the right lubricating grease, the better you can build on the lasting performance of your products. Our team is happy to assist with this process – by providing advice on our tried-and-tested portfolio of lubricating greases and on the development of new, application-specific products for your use case.

We’ll develop a lubricant to suit your requirements – give us a try!

There are numerous advantages to choosing Rhenus Lub as your partner:

Wide range of greases for almost any application in our portfolio
Targeted development of special greases for your application with our internal research and development department
Consistently high quality, even with extreme temperatures and loads
Approvals from international companies for the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries
Wide selection of highly environmentally friendly and biodegradable greases
Oxidation and water resistance, long service life

Special greases for your application:

Lithium-saponified lubricating greases
Lithium-complex lubricating greases
Calcium-saponified lubricating greases
Lithium/calcium-saponified lubricating greases
Sodium-saponified lubricating greases
Bentonite lubricating greases
Aluminium-complex lubricating greases
Polyurea greases

Depending on their formulation, rhenus special greases offer the following properties and advantages:

Low-temperature resistance
High-temperature performance
Oxidation and water resistance
Corrosion-protection properties
Suitability for high loads
Long service life
Plastic and elastomer compatibility
Food safety (NSF H1, 3H)
Biodegradability (according to OECD standards)
EU Ecolabel (www.ecolabel.eu)

Other advantages of rhenus special greases:

Lubricating greases are made up of base oils, thickeners and additives to improve their properties. Among other things, our targeted, application-specific development process ensures:

Low lubricant consumption
Longer relubrication intervals
Long-term retention at the friction point
Reliable sealing
Protection against the ingress of water and dirt
Excellent dampening of noise and vibration

Examples in practice

Working together to boost value creation

No matter how different industries may be, they are united by high standards of quality and process safety

Lubricants as a design element

The timely selection of the appropriate lubricant offers advantages for new designs. Read about a specific application case here and find out more about specialised greases as a design element.

Grease helps to reduce noise

Optimising ongoing production runs – particularly in the automotive industry – is a real challenge. Find out here how Rhenus Lub overcomes these challenges through its development expertise and in-house laboratory facilities.

Partner for long-term field testing

USP Partner for long-term field trials The world’s largest machine naturally needs the right lubricant – for wind and all weathers. Find out here how Rhenus Lub, as a development partner, takes care of every aspect – from trial planning to evaluation.

Customer-specific innovation

Environmentally friendly lubricants are becoming increasingly important – across all industries. Rhenus Lub develops lubricants from scratch – tailored specifically to customer requirements, environmentally friendly and bespoke.