Petroglide Saw Guide Oils

Petroglide Saw Guide Oils

Agenda

Market Size
Purpose and Characteristics of saw guide oil
Petro-Canada Product Line
Key Advantages & Benefits
Testimonial Excerpts

U.S Consumption of Industrial Oils by the Wood

and Paper Products Industry (Kline, 1998)
Industrial Engine Oil
3%
Other
Grease
5%
Turbine Oil 3%
5%
Gear Oil
6%

Hydraulic Fluid
36%

Saw Guide Oil

6%

Compressor Oil
7%

Paper Machine Oil

29%

Approximately 9.1 million litres of saw guide oil are sold every year in the U.S
There are over 400 sawmills in Canada and over 1100 in the U.S
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Background
Purpose of Saw Guide Oil
In order for a sawmill to become more efficient, saws have
become much thinner.
These thinner saws require guides to be placed on either side
of the saw to maintain cutting accuracy and to restrain the saw
from wandering off line.
Saw guide oil operates as the lubricant between the saw and saw
guides.
Without proper lubrication, the saws would overheat, causing
distortion in the saw
Leads to inaccuracies in the cut and therefore a lose in
recovery
Causes costly unscheduled saw changes
A good saw guide oil will reduce a sawmills maintenance costs
and increase recovery and profitability
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Saw Guides

Guide
Guide

Saw
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Background
Qualities of a good saw guide oil

Prevent contact and wear between saw and saw guide

Tackiness (ability to adhere to the saw)
Prevent rust
Prevent pitch build-up

How the performance of the product is measured

Ability to reduce unscheduled saw and guide changes which
lowers downtime
Improve cutting accuracy which reduces the standard deviation
Increase the life of the saws and guides
Reduce man hours to refurbish saws and re-pour guides
Reduce water usage
Reduce oil consumption
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Petroglide Product Line

Petroglide Petroglide Petroglide Petroglide Petroglide
XP90
150
100
68
MC 32
Viscosity cSt @ 40C

91

175

114

67

32

Viscosity cSt @ 100C

16.7

17.3

14.1

8.9

5.9

Vicosity Index

200

106

123

108

130

-48C/ -54F

-36C/ -33F

-36C/ -33F

-39C/ -38F

-54C/ -65F

400kg

190kg

180kg

200kg

200kg

Tackiness %

71

63

58

50

Inherently Biodegradeable

Yes

Ashless

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Non-toxic

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DBD and DBF (ppb)

15

15

15

15

15

Pour Point
EP Weld Load

Petroglide Line-Up Positioning

Category

Product

Super Premium

Petroglide XP90

Premium

Premium

Petroglide 68, 100, 150

Petroglide MC32

Differentiating Features

Inherently biodegradable.

Superior tackiness and

superior extreme pressure
chemistry

Special lubricity additive

Wide temperature range

Ashless

Non-toxic

Excellent tackiness and

extreme pressure chemistry.

Ashless

Non-toxic

Special tackifier to adhere to

bandsaw blades

Excellent extreme pressure

chemistry

Ashless

Non-toxic

Prime Customer
Benefit

Suited for use in severe

wood cutting operations
while lowering downtime
and increasing the life of
the saw

All Season

Reduces unscheduled
saw and guide changes
lowering downtime

Superior adhesion
control for mist-lubricated
bandsaws

Petroglide
Superior Tackiness
In order to eliminate the subjectivity and
human error in defining tackiness, the
following test method was developed

Nozzle

Test oil is siphoned through a nozzle

under a vacuum. The tackiness is defined
as the percent of test oil that is siphoned
out before the string of oil breaks
The XP90 was determined to be very
tacky relative to other competitors
Petroglide 100 and 150 were shown to be
very tacky especially in comparison to
competitors such as Esso.

Oil
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Petroglide
Superior EP Weld Load
4 Ball Weld Test demonstrates the ability of a
lubricant to minimize wear under heavy loads.
The XP90 has an EP weld load of 400kg.
The more wear on the saw the greater chance of heat
buildup and distortion.
Causing decreased recovery
Increased standard deviation
More downtime due to increased saw and guide changes

Enhanced Lubricity
Due to the vegetable oil contained in the XP90, it has
greater lubricity
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Petroglide
Low Pour Point
Lower pour point of the XP90 at -48C helps keep
blades cutting year round

Environmental Advantage
All Petroglides are formulated from Petro-Canada HT
Severely Hydrocracked base oils
Low levels of DBD and DBFs (Dibenzodioxin, Dibenzofuran,
15 parts per billion)
Non-toxic

All Petroglides are Ashless

This keeps heavy metals out of the environment

Petroglide XP90 is inherently biodegradable

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Petroglide
Petroglide
XP 90

Petroglide Petroglide
Marinus
150
100
Sawguide

Fuchs
Fuchs
Esso
Plantosaw Sawmaster Sawguide
150
100
150

Viscosity (40 C)

91

175

114.1

116.3

145

98.2

148.7

Viscosity (100 C)

16.7

17.26

14.1

25.66

21.3

11.63

15.51

Viscosity Index

200

106

123

256

173

107

107

Pour Point (C/F)

-48/-54

-36/-33

-36/ -33

-39/-38

-23/-9

-12/10

71

63

58

86

13

64

25

400kg

190kg

180kg

290kg

200kg

250kg

Ashless

Yes

Yes

Yes

Non-Toxic

Yes

Yes

Yes

15

15

15

Tackiness
EP Weld Load

DBD, DBF (ppb)

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Petroglide Testimonial
Sawmill #1

Excerpts

Previously, we had been changing 18-20 saw guides a

day. But with Petro-Canada, because their saw guide oils
protect the guides better and keep the saws cutting
accurately longer, we have been able to reduce it to only 3-4
changes per day.
We used to consume 327 litres of oil daily when we
operated all of our saws on a two-shift basisBut with the
help of Petroglide and the Petro-Canada service team, weve
been able to cut our oil consumption down to 102 litres per
two shifts. Thats a reduction of 68 per cent.
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Petroglide Testimonial
Excerpts
Sawmill #2
we rely on Petroglide to prevent this kind of unnecessary
downtime from happening by reducing the friction that causes the
saws to overheat and distort. Petro-Canadas service team has
helped us greatly to reduce the number of saw guide changes we
make in a day. Currently, were averaging about six saw guide
changes per 24-hour shift. Thats quite an impressive figure, when
you consider that we have 36 saw blades running continuously.
weve tried putting other saw guide oils in our system and
measuring the results, but weve never had anything perform as
well as Petroglideit is tacky enough to cling to the blade and
strong enough to prevent our saws from experiencing undue wear.
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