This chart is wrong.
About 90% otc sales are lithium or lithium complex. A guy would switch for obvious reasons. Machine life and /or cost. Most other bases are used in industry.
otc over the counter.
Grease like many other products comes in a variety of compounds and quality.
You want it to last and lubricate properly. Contaminents, moisture, machinery usage etc. all come into play. Certain greases will perform better in different applications and vice versa. Schaeffers for instance manufactures over 30 different greases in 4-5 different nlgi grades, many are cross compatable with others, some are not. Grease is underated. All grease is not the same. Lot of variables. A lot of the grease out there is "hot dog" or throw what the refiner can't dispose of in the grease. Base oil, additives, and thickener comprise greases.
Maybee you two salesrep could post some info here about the different grades of grease, and the pro/con of the different additives/thickeners?
Not to make a add for the products, but to learn the members here just a bit about grease?
I bet many here would appreciate such a info.:cool2
AtlasRob why don't you use EP 2 instead? Isn't Atlas/Terex demanding EP for their machine?(EP= Extreme pressure)
Most of our equipment has a demand for EP-2, so we are using it all over.(exept for the high speed rolerbearings)