Lubricants for Robotics (Industry 4.0)

• 360 Application Guide
• Lubricants for Robotics
• Use our 360 Application Guide to get closer to how we are improving energy efficiency and enhancing equipment protection through lubrication.
• Welcome to our virtual robotics (Industry 4.0) scene: Protecting man and machine to increase production potential.
• Explore the robotics production hotspots where the latest lubricant technologies optimised by a range of tailored Shell Services can extend oil and grease life to cut costs, reduce robot downtime and drive productivity.

• Navigating the tool is simple on either desktop or mobile:

  • On the initial screen, click/tap and hold to rotate your view
  • Click/tap on the labelled hotspots to zoom in for more detail
  • Scroll up and down (or pinch the screen with two fingers) to zoom in and out from the hotspots
  • Click/tap and hold to rotate your view when zoomed into a hotspot
  • Zoom out from a hotspot to return to the initial screen
  • Click ‘Start’ to begin the experience!
• Please note, this tool is for illustrative purposes only. The size, layout and detail of the equipment, machinery and processes displayed may not show a 100% accurate representation relative to each robotics (Industry 4.0) manufacturing facility and operational set-up for the manufacturing of electronic goods.
• Gear Oils: Reducing downtime with robotic gear oils
• Over time, the dynamic movement of your robotic equipment causes wear to the gears and bearings inside the machines. Without effective lubrication, this can lead to component failure, increased downtime, and reduced equipment lifetime.
• Shells range of high-performance synthetic robotic gear oils protect your equipment and keep it running smoothly for as long as possible helping you to increase your production potential. As well as providing exceptional load-carrying capability and anti-wear performance, they deliver an extended oil-drain interval (Benchmarking ASTM D2893, 2019) no matter your operating temperature.
• Recommended product: Shell Robotic Gear Oil
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• Gear Grease RV Reducer: Maintaining machine efficiency with robotic grease in RV reducers
• The bearings in robotic equipment come under intense pressure, with heavy loads able to cause surface wear and vibration damage that reduces the efficiency of components.
• Formulated specifically for RV reducers, Shell Gadus S4 V80XE 00 is a high-performance grease that helps to control the friction regime of bearings and provide enhanced protection against wear and vibration damage. This maintains the efficiency and precision of components while increasing equipment lifetime.
• Recommended product: Shell Gadus S4 V80XE 00
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• Gear Grease HD Reducer: Maintaining advanced precision capabilities in robotic HD Reducers.
• Maintaining high motion accuracy over a sustained timeframe is critical for robotic HD (Harmonic Drive) reducers in small electronic manufacturing applications. With poor lubrication, this can lead to reduced traction in the HD reducer, leading to reduced robotic precision and accuracy on the assembly line, which in turn leads to costly robotic downtime.
• To support robotic HD reducer applications, Shell is developing a range of high-quality greases to support robotic component stability over a longer period and to encourage excellent repeatability and speed, which helps to accelerate production and support high quality manufacturing with minimal waste and reduced total cost of ownership.
• Recommended Product: HD Reducers
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• Shell Lubricant Services: Driving robotic productivity with Shell Lubricant Services
• Choosing the right lubricant for your robotic equipment is just the first step on your journey towards greater efficiency. Shells range of additional lubricant-related services can help you go further and improve the productivity and uptime of your machines by maximising the impact of your lubricants. These include:
  • Shell LubeChat - get on demand answers to your most urgent questions with our AI-enabled Virtual Assistant.
  • Shell LubeAnalyst - gain an early warning system for your equipment with our oil condition monitoring service that helps to extend oil lifetime.
  • Shell LubeOptimiser - improve your lubrication performance and avoid unseen disruptions with expert on-site support for the oil and grease exchange in the maintenance cycle.
• Recommended product: Shell Lubricant Services
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• Lubrication Benefits: The importance of lubrication for industrial robots
• Your robotic equipment will often perform for longer periods than any human employee would be expected to operate for. But this does not mean they do not suffer from stress and wear over time.
• Because of this, effective lubrication plays a critical part in running productive industrial robotic operations. Read the full article and discover our top five reasons as to why lubrication is so vital for industrial robots.
• Lubrication Benefits
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• Protecting Robotics: Protecting robotic workers from breakdown
• Robotics are not only helping to drive productivity; they are also making industrial operations a lot safer. However, even automated equipment needs protecting from the impact of the work they do and therefore effective lubrication is critical. Without the correct maintenance, equipment can be susceptible to breakdown, causing increased downtime and a higher total cost of ownership. Read our latest article to see the impact an effective grease or oil can have on each operational challenge that your robots face.
• Protecting Robotics
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• Sustainability: Building sustainability credentials with extended oil life
• Sustainability is now at the front of every manufacturers mind, and the efficiency that robots deliver can quickly lead to reduced emissions within some of the most carbon- and energy-intensive industrial processes.
• But it is not only the robots themselves that can advance your sustainability credentials. The lubricants that keep your robotic workforce running smoothly also have a vital part to play in helping you to reduce consumption and overall emissions.
• Shells lubricant portfolio for robotics is engineered to deliver peak performance while helping you to improve the sustainability of your operations. Each product provides extended oil life to cut consumption, along with enhanced protection to eliminate the need for component replacement further helping to reduce the CO2e emissions and waste generated throughout the equipments lifetime.
• Sustainability
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