Few environments punish lubricants like a steel plant. Roll-neck bearings sit metres from red-hot slabs. Descaling water and mill scale attack every grease film. Gearboxes on rolling stands absorb constant shock loads, and hydraulic systems operate near ignition sources where a mineral-oil leak is a fire risk. A generic multipurpose grease simply does not survive here — which is exactly the gap Banesto's Lubricants Division was created to fill.
Our steel-sector range pairs high-dropping-point thickener systems with EP additive chemistry proven on continuous casters, hot strip mills, wire rod mills and structural mills across India.
Lubrication Challenges in Steel Plants
Extreme Bearing Temperatures
Roll-neck and caster bearings run at sustained temperatures where lithium greases bleed out and oxidise within days.
Water & Scale Washout
Descaling sprays and mill scale contaminate bearings continuously — thickeners must resist washout and remain pumpable.
Shock-Loaded Gearboxes
Reversing stands and shears deliver repeated peak loads that strip unprotected gear flanks without EP fortification.
Hydraulic Fire Risk
Hydraulic lines near furnaces and casters demand fire-resistant fluids, not conventional mineral hydraulic oil.
Recommended Banesto Products
Selected from our 852+ SKU range for the duty cycles most common in steel Plants. Every recommendation is matched by application — temperature envelope, load class, speed factor, and exposure environment — not by catalogue number.
Ca-Sulfonate Complex HT Grease
HIGH TEMP · WATER RESISTANT
The steel-mill workhorse: exceptional dropping point, inherent EP performance and outstanding water resistance for roll-neck and caster bearings.
View Product →MoS₂ EP Grease (NLGI 2)
MOLY-FORTIFIED · SHOCK LOADS
Molybdenum disulphide solid lubricant carries the load even when the grease film is momentarily sheared — ideal for shock-loaded, slow, heavily loaded joints.
View Product →Industrial Gear Oil (ISO 220)
EP ADDITIVES · DIN 51517-3
Extreme-pressure gear oil for rolling stand and pinion gearboxes — protects flanks under repeated peak loading and extends drain intervals.
View Product →Hydraulic Oil HLP 68
ISO VG 68 · DIN 51524-2
High-viscosity anti-wear hydraulic oil for slow, heavily loaded mill hydraulics, with superior foam resistance and water separation.
View Product →PAG / Water-Glycol Fire-Resistant Fluid
FIRE RESISTANT · HFC TYPE
For hydraulic circuits near furnaces, casters and coilers where a mineral-oil line failure would mean fire — safety without sacrificing pump protection.
View Product →Wire Rope & Open Gear Grease
ADHESIVE · PENETRATING
For EOT crane ropes, ladle crane ropes and open girth gears — penetrates to the core, seals out scale and water, resists fling-off.
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Running a rolling mill, foundry or fabrication unit? Send us your application details — bearing temperatures, loads, speeds — and our technical team will prescribe the right grade, not just quote a price.
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