Safety first, availability second
Theme and adventure parks have a special responsibility to safeguard rides, enclosures, stages and other areas that serve the public. Maintenance is crucial to keep rides and other equipment available for the public, because shut-downs are bad for the image.
Since most of the attractions are outdoors, they suffer from changing weather conditions, water, dust and UV. Combined with heavy loads, the equipment suffers a lot and sets high demands on lubricants used.
Some applications in Theme parks
Rollercoaster Kingda-Ka launching cable
Due to the high forces, excessive grease ends on the main power room walls from splatter. Conventional greases are ineffective as a penetrating lubricant. Pins of the braking mechanism typically snap daily causing high replacement costs and many labour time.
Interflon Lube TF provides a dry, clean, penetrating, transparent lubrication on the launch cable and on the brake pins. The MicPol® provides reliable wear protection under high loads and helps limit the harmful effects of dust and water. Pins now replaced weekly as opposed to daily.
Carousel TaiFun bearing lubrication
Centrifugal forces at its best and most extreme, up to 3.5G. Conventional greases, if not applied weekly, do not withstand these forces and, in combination with dust, start to bleed and finally run out of the bearings causing high wear.
With Interflon Grease HD2, a new generation grease with MicPol® technology, the grease remains in the bearing, while MicPol® technology provides reliable wear protection and helps limit the harmful effects of dust. As a result, lubrication intervals can be extended from once a week to once a month, reducing grease consumption by 75%.
