Specifications
- Brand
- Shell
- Category
- Rail & chain lubricants
- Manufacturer code
- 901L2870
- Availability
- On order
Manufacturer's description
Shell EP 460. Wheel Flange Lubricant
Applications
- SHELL EP 460 is particularly suitable for the lubrication of wheel flanges of railway vehicles and tracks.
- Its characteristics allow it to be sprayed in a fine mist with air pressure between 4 and 10 bar. Shell EP 460 has been used by SNCF on all trains, normal, fast and TGV since 2001.
Performance & benefits
- SHELL EP 460 offers the following advantages: longer maintenance intervals due to anti-wear and extreme pressure properties
- very good surface contact
- good flexibility of the lubricating film at low temperature
- no break in the film between contact surfaces
- excellent anti-corrosion even in the presence of sea water
- resistance to dirt and other contaminants
- Specific to wheel flanges, SHELL EP 460 prevents lubrication loss due to centrifugal force and in heavy weather such as rain and snow
- keeps the product in the tread of the rail
- longer maintenance intervals due to anti-wear and extreme pressure properties
- lack of screening at high temperature Specific to wheel flanges, SHELL EP 460
- prevents lubrication loss due to centrifugal force and in heavy weather such as rain and snow
Standards & approvals
Typical characteristics
| Property | Typical value | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Colour | black | |
| Density @15°Ckg/m3 | 940 | ISO 12185 |
| Viscosity @40°Cmm2/s | 479.0 | ISO 3104 |
| Viscosity @100°Cmm2/s | 28.92 | ISO 3104 |
| Viscosity index | 86 | NF T 60-136 |
| Pour point°C | -15 | NF T 60-105 |
| Open Cup Flash point°C | 114 | NF EN 22592 |
| 4 Ball Wear Test 40kg/1hourmm | 0.4 | NF E 68-617 |
| 4 Ball Wear Loadkgf | 315 | ASTM D2783 |
| Centerfuge Testmg | 60 | SNCF |
Complete documentation
We email you the sheets listed below in a single archive. No account, no order required.
- TDS
- SDS
- SDS