Smart solutions for successful plastic manufacturing
A key pillar of India’s manufacturing sector, the plastics industry is playing a vital role in enhancing India’s economic growth. The industry has been contributing to the overall economy by manufacturing goods worth ₹3 lakh crore every year, making India a strong contender to emerge as the world’s biggest supply hub. The growth of the industry is, today, resulting in a parallel rise of demand in the use of sophisticated machinery and equipment. These equipment too come with their own maintenance and servicing requirements for continuous performance. Here, advanced lubrication solutions and servicing are playing a driving role in contributing to the steady success of the industry’s growth.
With over 150 years of experience in delivering world-class lubrication formulations and services, Mobil Lubricants has a long and successful record of servicing the plastic industry. Mobil’s complete line of hydraulic oils, gear and compressor oils, fluids, and greases have been formulated to maintain efficient operations and ensure competence of machinery – enabling the plastic industry to drive optimization of processes and achieve greater efficiencies.
Seamless manufacturing
Manufacturers expect their equipment to deliver swift production, consistently and efficiently, without compromising product quality. Mobil’s premium hydraulic oils, under the Mobil DTE 10 Excel Series, are helping plastic manufacturers maximize energy-efficiency by providing a high degree of fluid durability – reducing power consumption and increasing machine output to suit the needs of modern mobile equipment hydraulic systems. This range also provides hydraulic pump efficiency and demonstrates great oxidation and thermal stability – allowing for long oil life and minimized deposit formation in several hydraulic systems using high pressure, high output pumps.
Additionally, the Mobil DTE 20 Ultra Series oils are high performance anti-wear hydraulic oils that are meeting the stringent requirements of hydraulic systems using high pressure, high output pumps as well as other hydraulic system components such as close clearance servo-valves and numerically controlled (NC) machine tools. This category of lubricants enables manufacturers to make the most of their machinery and ensure smooth and uncompromised operation. The anti-wear and corrosion protection of system components using various metallurgy helps extend component life and improve production capacity, while oxidation stability helps reduce maintenance downtime and costs by contributing to system cleanliness and deposit reduction, enabling long oil and filter life.
Digitalization and smart servicing
Interpretation of data has been a challenge in the rapidly expanding plastics industry. Meanwhile, everyday challenges in lack of real-time monitoring, inaccuracy in measurement, and absence of precise predictive analytics have also proven to be obstacles. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can play a driving role in limiting barriers of insufficient equipment effectiveness and downtime.
The Mobil Serv Lubricant Analysis (MSLA) program combines services that provide reports, analyses, and solutions to guide manufacturing professionals in making the most effective business decisions by limiting unscheduled downtime, equipment repair and lost productivity. The plastics industry can benefit from this technology as it aims to optimize time and increase productivity. With the help of the scan-and-go technology, one can simply scan the label, record the information, and send it wherever they like – implementing fewer steps and achieving data accuracy, making the process of submitting samples 66% faster than standard operations. Additionally, Mobil Serv IIoT Insights is helping users achieve maximum efficiency by providing precise data and helping them navigate with all the tools they need at their disposal. This AI/ML-driven automated monitoring is helping businesses maximize energy-efficiency and productivity by alerting customers of potential problems and proposing effective solutions.
With the demand for diverse plastic products increasing at a rapid rate, the expectation from manufacturers to meet expanding demand is at an all-time high. The dependence on high-end equipment and machinery to keep up with the output quality has also been rising. Duly, industry leaders like Mobil are today playing a driving role in supporting the sector and aiding its businesses move towards better efficiency, productivity and profitability.
