Mining and Minerals Today Issue 103 July 2024 | Page 9

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Tribology technology

Discover how NEOL Copper Technologies is disrupting the sector with revolutionary technical lubricants

NEOL Copper Technologies ( NEOL ) is a hardscience company dedicated to developing and manufacturing revolutionary technical lubricants , which are better for machines , and kinder to the environment . Extensive research led NEOL to develop CuGlide TM ; a groundbreaking copper filming technology that eliminates hydrogen wear . Rather than allowing uncontrolled hydrogen invasion of the friction surface , NEOL ’ s additive technology first uses its properties to polish the friction surface at the elementary level , then terminates the hydrogen wear with copper ions .

The company develops , tests , and produces lubricants with exceptional anti-wear properties that are free from harmful sulphated ash , phosphorus , and sulfur ( no-SAPS ). From commercial vehicles and industrial plants to railway and mining operations , NEOL provides no-SAPS alternatives for numerous applications . The company is focused on driving transformation in the conservative global lubricants industry which has existed , largely unchanged in a way it approached the issue of wear , for over a century . m-mtoday . com 9