Together with Fuchs AG of Mannheim, Germany, the well-known supplier of quality lubricants and grease, the delivery of a 5-tonne autoclave for a production facility in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia was agreed on.
Premium quality grease of various recipes is manufactured in a 4,600-litre vessel at a temperature of up to 280°C and 15 bars of pressure. Here solid additives are added manually and the liquids are fed in automatically.
The entire process is guided via a menu so that the operator only needs to follow the steps shown on the display. Depending on the recipe at hand, a batch production takes between four and five hours.
With this delivery, the Fuchs plant in Saudi Arabia is getting a second Sommer autoclave, thus affirming their full satisfaction with Sommer quality in every respect.