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An open-pit mine from the rim: benches, a haul road, an overland conveyor and a crushing plant below.

01 / Open-gear lubrication · Australian mining

Cut open-gear wear by two-thirds.

Whitmore® synthetic open-gear lubricants, judged on cost per operating hour — not price per kilogram.

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Girth gear with machined teeth and orange-painted ribs, on a workshop floor
Girth gear — machined teeth, workshop floor

OEM approved and specified

Metso approval list. Falk specification met. FLSmidth requirements met in intermittent spray.

Comminution circuit — feed conveyor, jaw crusher, stockpile, ball mill
Open gear teeth and a bolted bearing block, close up

02Site directory

Go straight to it.

Products →The full Whitmore range by duty class.Applications →Every product in the range, listed under the machine it serves.Evidence →The case for changing, then the FZG wear numbers.Articles →The arguments behind the range, written down for engineers.Evaluation →What we gather, what we measure on site, what comes back, and the trial that decides it.Girth-gear sizing →Enter mill geometry and drive power. Returns a face width to ANSI/AGMA 6114-B15.Request a quote →Mill size, gear condition, current product. A worked cost-per-hour comparison comes back.Online ordering →How existing clients order, and where new customers start.

03Who is behind it

Crushing and milling experts: CMD Consulting.

Mike Daniel, PhD

Thirty-plus years in comminution. Circuit design first, lubrication as part of the machine.

Whitmore Manufacturing

Rockwall, Texas. Making industrial lubricants since 1893. ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. Part of CSW Industrials (NYSE: CSW). A 225,000 sq ft facility, with the plant fully integrated. About thirty years on Australian draglines and shovels.

Mike and Kyran Daniel, CMD Consulting
Mike and Kyran Daniel of CMD Consulting, in hi-vis and hard hats at the crest of an open-pit mine
Mike and Kyran Daniel, CMD Consulting

04Next step

Talk to an engineer.

Download the data sheetTDS for any product in the range. No sign-up.Talk to a lubrication engineerSurvey, changeover plan, or a second opinion on a wear problem.

mike.daniel@cmdconsulting.com.au · +61 447 550 044 · cmdconsulting.com.au