Shell Gadus S3 V460D 1.5 50 kg

Category: Heavy Machinery

OEM Code: -

Availability: Lead time 2-3 weeks

$1572.90

Product Description

Shell Gadus S3 V460D 1.5 is a premium, high-performance extreme pressure (EP) grease designed for large, slow-moving industrial and mobile machinery operating under severe loads, high temperatures, and continuous shock forces. The "D" designator specifies that the grease is fortified with solid lubricants—specifically 1% high-purity Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS₂). It features a heavy ISO VG 460 mineral base oil combined with a high-temperature lithium-complex soap thickener matrix. The standout mechanical feature of this grease is its dual-mechanism wear protection. Under normal operation, the heavy 460 cSt base oil maintains a thick hydrodynamic film. When heavy shock loads, slow speeds, or oscillating vibrations threaten to break this film, the fine-particle MoS₂ solid lubricants physically plate onto the metal contact zones. This prevents direct steel-to-steel friction, scuffing, and localized welding. The custom NLGI 1.5 consistency is engineered to maximize pumpability in automated centralized lubrication networks while retaining enough structural body to resist running or thinning out of the bearing assembly. The 50 kg medium-sized industrial drum (commonly called a "keg") serves as a highly versatile and agile packaging option. It strikes an optimal balance between high-volume supply and manual mobility, making it the preferred format for field service trucks, mobile mining lubrication rigs, and compact maintenance bays where full 180 kg drums are too heavy to handle without cranes. This 50 kg size interfaces perfectly with portable pneumatic grease pumps, ensuring clean, debris-free transfer to automated grease lines or hand guns for lubricating high-stress shock components like heavy conveyor pulleys, vibrating screens, bucket pins, and heavy excavation joints.