It’s tempting to go with conventional oil rather than a synthetic lubricant because of its longer history and lower up-front costs. However, there’s broad agreement among industrial engineers that synthetic lubricants are superior—and more cost effective over the long haul.
Conventional, or mineral-based, oil costs add up over time due to the need for more frequent oil changes and, often, equipment maintenance. You’re also more likely to experience unexpected downtime and lost production when relying on conventional oil.
And while synthetic lubricants are generally preferable to conventional oils, not all synthetics are created equal.
Royal Purple industrial lubricants offer premium quality with incomparable benefits for general industrial uses such as pumps, gearboxes, turbines, compressors, mechanical seal buffer and barrier fluids, hydraulic systems, marine engines, transportation, and natural gas engine products, to name a few.
The superiority of synthetic lubricants becomes all the more clear when contrasted with conventional mineral oil.
Synthetic oils are synthesized from hydrocarbon molecules, resulting in the oil having a uniform size and shape without impurities, while conventional oil consists of refined petroleum, resulting in a more varied and irregular molecular structure that contains impurities.
Refers to the change in an oil’s viscosity with a shift in temperature. The viscosity index of synthetics is much higher than in mineral oil. In other words, synthetic lubricants maintain a more consistent viscosity over a wider range of temperatures.
Vital for reducing friction, synthetic lubricants have superior high-temperature stability and resist thermal breakdown. Alternatively, conventional mineral oils have lower temperature stability and begin to break down more quickly under high heat, thus leading to increased friction and wear.
Similarly, because of its uniform molecular structure and lack of impurities, synthetic oil also provides superior low-temperature performance than mineral oil, resulting in better flowability and lower pour points.
Synthetic lubricants last longer than conventional mineral oil, reducing oil consumption and disposal costs, increasing convenience, and lowering overall costs.
Due to their uniform molecular structure, synthetic lubricants improve energy efficiency and fuel economy by reducing friction and drag in your machinery. Furthermore, synthetic oil can meet the fuel economy requirements of lower viscosity grades without compromising protection.
Synthetic lubricants offer 100% low-speed, pre-ignition protection, which prevents major damage to the engine components caused by abnormal combustion events. This is something conventional mineral oil cannot do.
Synthetic oil costs more initially than conventional oil because it uses higher quality, more expensive materials and processes. However, it offers additional benefits for the higher price that can outweigh the initial cost in the long run.
Containing generous amounts of SYNERLEC®, an unrivaled and proprietary additive technology, Royal Purple’s oil builds upon the advantages common to other synthetic lubricants—and amplifies them.
Its benefits will further enhance your industrial equipment’s performance in several ways:
Royal Purple’s high performance synthetic lubricants also provide other advantages specific to automotive use, as well:
A pioneer in the development of high performance synthetic lubricants, Royal Purple provides state-of-the-art products for a wide variety of industrial applications. These include:
Sunair Co. is a proud distributor of Royal Purple synthetic lubricants strengthened by SYNERLEC®, which lasts up to 400% longer than the competition.
Again, while synthetics may cost you more upfront, they feature extended lifespans and save you money in the long run. And Sunair is thrilled to provide Royal Purple products to our clients for all varieties of industrial uses!
Sunair is powered by seasoned veterans who have been helping engineers find the right equipment and products for their high-performance projects since 1974.
You can expect best-in-class synthetic lubricants when working with Sunair.
Our fully-equipped service center is factory-authorized to service all the Royal Purple products you need to keep your industrial machines and engines running at full capacity—24 hours a day, 365 days a year.