Chain, Cable, and Wire Rope Lubricants
Self-Healing Fluid Seals & Protects Surfaces
Overview
Chains, cables, and wire ropes are essential components in a wide range of machinery and structures, often exposed to harsh environments and heavy operational demands. Proper lubrication is critical to ensuring their longevity, optimal performance, and safety, protecting against wear, corrosion, and environmental damage.
These components are subjected to challenges such as:
- Wear: Caused by stress-loading, shock-loading, heavy jerking loads, or rapid acceleration and deceleration, which lead to friction and material degradation.
- Corrosion: Accelerated by exposure to environmental factors like fumes, acids, salt brines, humidity, salt air, and elevated temperatures.
Effective lubrication minimizes friction, reduces heat, and provides a protective barrier against corrosive elements. High-quality lubricants penetrate deeply into chains, cables, and wire ropes, ensuring long-lasting protection, smoother operation, and extended service life. Selecting the right lubricant, combined with proper application techniques, significantly reduces maintenance costs and improves equipment reliability.
Lubrication Engineers provides a range of high-performance lubricants specifically formulated to protect chains, cables, and wire ropes in demanding environments.
- Earthwise™ EAL Wire Rope Grease (3353)
Environmentally acceptable lubricant for wire ropes in sensitive areas. - Ovenworx® H1 Syn Chain Lubricant (4061)
High-temperature, food-grade chain lubricant for extreme conditions. - Wirelife® Almasol® Coating Grease (451-453)
Heavy-duty grease offering exceptional wear protection. - Wirelife® Almasol® Coating Lubricant (2002)
High-performance coating lubricant that prevents rust and corrosion. - Wirelife® Monolec® Penetrating Lubricant (2001)
Penetrates deep into cables and chains to provide lasting protection.
Using the right chain, cable, and wire rope lubricants ensures superior performance and reliability, even under challenging conditions. Contact us for expert product recommendations or consult the product datasheets for detailed specifications.
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Please Note: All Lubrication Engineers products listed on this site are available exclusively by request. To ensure you receive the most accurate product recommendations and pricing, we encourage you to contact us directly to place your order. Our team is available to assist you in selecting the right solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Viper Mid MKII Wire Rope Lubricator
Superior Protection of Wire Ropes – 6MM to 67MM
Providing fast and effective cleaning and lubrication of wire ropes.
Clean and lubricate wire ropes quickly efficiently and safely with the Viper MKII series of Wire Rope Lubricators. The release of the Viper MKII provides the same excellent wire rope lubrication performance with the added benefit of a 32% lighter collar and custom built high flow grease pump. Watch the video to see the benefits of the new Viper MkII.
Fast and effective lubrication of wire ropes with a diameter between 6mm to 67mm. The Viper Mid MKII lubricates ropes at up to 2000mt/hour.
Applications
The Viper WRL was developed with safety and the environment in mind. When used correctly the Viper WRL has a number of Health, Safety and Environment benefits.
- Every gram of grease goes on the rope – no contamination
- Wharf Cranes
- Ship Cranes
- ROV Cables
- Mine Winders
- Mobile Cranes
- Oil & Gas Platforms
- Anchor Ropes
- Deck Winches
- Overhead Cranes
- Ship Loaders
Increase Wire Rope Life Up To 300%
The Viper MKII Wire Rope Lubricator range provides fast and effective cleaning and lubricating of wire ropes. Wire ropes from 6mm (1/4” ) to 67mm (2-5/8”) in diameter can be automatically greased at speeds up to 2,000mt per hour.
The Viper MKII with the new cast Aluminum collar is 32% lighter and combined with the unique inbuilt carry handles and shoulder strap enables single person wire rope lubrication. Ideal for use on all cranes, towing lines and mooring lines, the Viper MKII eliminates the HS&E risks associated with manual lubrication. Use of the Viper MKII provides improved wire rope lubrication by forcing wire rope lubricant under pressure into the wire rope.
Other lubricators just coat the surface of the ropes but the unique seal design of the Viper wire rope lubricator means the “wire dwell time” in the pressure chamber is up to 80% longer. This longer dwell time means greater lubricant penetration which leads to increased rope life and extended relubrication intervals.
Why Use The Viper?
Clean and lubricate wire ropes quickly, efficiently and safely with the Viper MKII Series of wire rope lubricators.
- Eliminates manual greasing
- Single pass lubrication
- Stops corrosion, protects ropes
- Viper MKII – 8mm (5/16″) to 67mm (2-5/8″)
- Viper Maxi MKII: 50mm (2″) to 165mm (6-1/2″)
- Penetrative, displaces moisture from rope’s core
- Safer, reduced lubricant usage, less leakage & mess
- Fast, efficient wire rope lubrication
- Reduces downtime, improves equipment availability Custom units available
Health Safety Environment
The Viper WRL was developed with safety and the environment in mind. When used correctly the Viper WRL has a number of Health, Safety and Environment benefits.
- Every gram of grease goes on the rope – no contamination
- Does not leak meaning no mess
- No wasted lubricant
- Light weight allows for safe application
- There is no personal contact with the lubricant
- The rope is able to be lubricated from a safe distance
Reduce Labor Required To Lubricate Wire Ropes By Up To 90%
Clean and lubricate wire ropes quickly efficiently and safely with the Viper MKII series of Wire Rope Lubricators.
Viper MID MKII Effectively Removes Grease Deposits & Perfectly Lubricates Wire Ropes
Fast and Effective Lubrication of Wire Ropes
Lubricating ropes at up to 2000mt/hour
Provides Grease Penetration, Moisture Displacement
& total coverage by forcing lubricant into the core of the rope
Developed with Safety & Environment in Mind
The rope is able to be lubricated from a safe distance & No wasted lubricant.
Common Lubricant Suffering Points For The Marine Industry Include:
Engines – Greases that are subject to heat can melt and run out of bearings. Greases that do not form a good seal can let in contaminants. LE has greases that are extremely tacky and nearly impervious to water washout, and can handle heavy loads with ease. We also offers automatic lubrication systems for making sure grease is applied in the right place at the right time in the right quantity.
Engine oil – If you are looking for longer oil life while still protecting your engine from the demands of the workload, LE can help you safely extend oil drain intervals with our superior, long-lasting engine oils and LEAP oil analysis.
Diesel fuel – Water can get into the fuel of diesel equipment kept outside, causing a loss of power. Injectors get dirty from the buildup of soot. In addition, environmental issues have led to the use of lower performance diesel fuel in on-road and off-road mobile equipment. LE has diesel fuel improvers that address these problems. They can clean up your fuel pumps, injectors and combustion chambers, thereby helping you regain fuel economy, reduce emissions and lower the overall cost per mile or hours of operation.
Wire rope – Do your wire ropes, cables and draglines become rusted, corroded or frayed? You can protect your wire rope and cable from high stress loading, shock loading, jerking and heavy loads with LE’s full line of penetrating and coating wire rope lubricants. Whether you want lubricant to penetrate to the core or to coat and seal, LE has a full range of protective lubricant solutions, including wire rope lubricant applicators to reduce labor costs and ensure safe, reliable operation.
Difficulties with maritime lubrication
Although ship building involves some unique processes, component manufacturing is not dissimilar to other manufacturing industries. The difficulty in marine lubrication comes with maintenance procedures. In such a busy industry most ships don’t get much time to rest, and maintenance is done mid-voyage, with machinery operating. The equipment can be in hazardous locations and often exposed to the brutal forces of nature. Add violent rocking to the list and maintenance procedures can be hazardous.
New Extended Warranty: Documented use of LE452, LE453 Wirelife™ Almasol Wire Rope Lubricant or Earthwise™ EAL Wire Rope Lubricant will double the Viper warranty period to 24 months.
About Lubrication Engineers
Lubrication Technologies, Inc. has been an independent manufacturer’s representative of Lubrication Engineers, Inc. for over 45 years. LE’s line of high-performance lubricants – manufactured and made of highly refined base oils and proprietary additives – far exceed the performance of conventional lubricants in a wide variety of industrial and automotive applications. LE greases offer benefits such as reduced wear, reduced operating temperatures, longer equipment life, enhanced performance, increased efficiency, increased uptime, lower grease consumption, longer service intervals and reduced maintenance. Call our consultants at Lubrication Technologies (413) 788-5823 for more information on LE Products. We will grant a 5% discount, only available to new LE customers.
LTI, has designed and installed Automatic Lubrication Systems for the Aggregate Industry; excavators, backhoes, wheel loaders, compactors and many other applications, both large and small. Not only does the aggregate industry have hauling equipment, there are the other applications that need lubrication systems/operations, such as crushing, screening, stacking, loading, and digging. As each of our systems is custom designed, we can provide many varying configurations, depending on the size of the machine in which they are used.
Lubricants - Small Cost, Huge Returns
Lubrication Management Programs Protect Your Assets and Save You Money:
Although lubricants make up a mere 3% of the typical maintenance budget; using ineffective products, techniques and applications can have a significant impact on the lubrication-related costs that make up 40% of that budget. A Lubrication Management Program designed by the Technical Consultants at Lubrication Technologies, Inc. can help you target those areas where you see red.
- Your equipment and components will last longer, run more efficiently and more reliably, and you won’t replace equipment or components prematurely
- Your labor force will spend less time on routine lubrication-related maintenance and no time on lubricant-related equipment failures
- You’ll reduce over-all lubricant consumption as well as waste
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