Train and rail 2023: higher train availability, lower maintenance costs

This year’s Train and Rail 2023 is being held from 25 to 27 April and is not just the Nordic region´s largest fair for sustainable rail transport, but also the meeting hub for innovations involving technology and infrastructure in the railway industry.

And this is precisely where our specialty lubricants play a key role. After all, they reduce your maintenance costs and extend the life of parts in gears, doors, switch and many other components, thereby increasing the availability of your trains.

In other words, with the right lubricant, you can combine high component reliability with extended maintenance intervals and reduce life cycle costs.

Our experts will explain to you in detail how you can benefit from it all in hall A, stand A02:26. Visit our stand and win your race for cost efficiency.

Whether doors, gears, wheel bearings or switches – thanks to the extended maintenance intervals, our lubricants help to cut maintenance costs, increase the availability of trains and keep railway operations running. With an eye on the bigger picture, we take care of the details.

Don´t miss the opportunity to meet Thomas Kamprath at Train & Rail, he will present on stage on Tuesday 25 April, at 12.30 how to reduce maintenance costs by using specialty lubricants. 

Cannot wait for the start of Train & Rail 2023? Would you like to gain an initial impression from our expert beforehand? No problem! Read the interview with our specialist Thomas Kamprath and find out how to put the brakes on, cost drivers for servicing and maintenance.

„Solving customer problems means figuring out in detail what is required from the application.“ (Thomas Kamprath)

Significantly faster application and lower lube film thicknesses not only reduce working time and material consumption, but also lead to cost savings.

Find out more about BARRIERTA L 25 DL SPRAY

Freight wagon wheel bearings place high demands on the lubricant used. The lubricity must be reliably guaranteed over a wide temperature range and at variable speeds and vibration rates. What's more, it needs to provide reliable performance over longer downtimes and extended periods of use.

The next generation wheel bearing grease - an innovative lubricant concept reduces frictional resistance and thus contributes to increased energy efficiency.

Our new lubricant for wheel bearings features the innovative combination of different base oils and the additives tailored precisely to them – certified according to DIN EN 12081 and DIN EN 12082 and available worldwide. Furthermore, thanks to a completely new product concept, it extends the lubrication intervals as well as the life of the bearings. In a bench test, Klübersynth BHE 46-403 achieved so far a kilometre reading of more than 800,000 km.

Further tests and simulations show the potential for lubrication intervals of more than 1.5 million kilometres or 20 years. This enables you to cut your maintenance costs and increase the availability of your vehicles.

Find out more about Klübersynth BHE 46-403

Low-maintenance roller switches are being used more frequently as a replacement for conventional switches and only need to be lubricated very rarely or sometimes not at all. Yet one item remains on the maintenance list: the switch locks. But even with roller switches, they still need to be lubricated.

We have developed our new switch spray, Klüberrail AL 32-2000 Spray, especially for switch locks, but also for switch slide plates. It can be used for roller switches as well as for conventional switches. Klüberrail AL 32-2000 Spray is the first approved spray product and can be easily carried by all service teams due to its transport-friendly packaging. This ensures reliable operation and availability of the switches under all weather conditions such as heavy rain, heat or snow.

Find out more about Klüberrail AL 32-2000 Spray

Reliably withstand speed, vibrations or varying temperatures? With our high-performance gear oils Klübersynth GE 4 75 W 90 and Klübersynth LEG 4 75 W 90 you can significantly extend the oil change intervals – in many cases there is the potential to double them. They therefore have a considerable impact on reducing costs.

Our high-performance gear oils – approved by leading gear manufacturers in the railway industry and composed of 100 per cent fully synthetic base oils – feature high oxidation stability and shear stability.

We have been working for many decades towards a sustainable future. With our climate action program, we have been increasing our energy efficiency, using green energy at our sites and working hard to reduce climate-relevant gases. In 2022, we even become climate-neutral for our operations (scope 1+2). Our customers are key for us - also in sustainability: We support companies all over the world in different industries to achieve their own sustainability goals - with innovative products and cutomer-oriented services. 

Watch the new sustainability video to see what our dedication to a greener future looks like, together with our customers.