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One of the biggest causes of major equipment failure is varnish buildup caused by oil degradation. Varnish, even in small amounts, can lead to poor performance and component damage. The resulting downtime costs 911±¬ÁÏÍøes millions of dollars in lost productivity and equipment replacement. With increasing pressures for plastics manufacturing facilities to produce more products in less time, maintaining machine uptime means the difference between profitability or costly machine failure. 

With these market challenges in mind, introduced VARTECH  ISC at NPE2024. Specifically formulated and tested to meet the needs of low-viscosity industrial lubricants in turbine, hydraulics and some compressor applications, VARTECH ISC is a comprehensive cleaning solution proven to remove varnish buildup to prevent costly downtime and ensure smooth operations.

Key benefits include: 

• Restores Equipment Performance: VARTECH ISC dissolves plated varnish residue into microsized particles, breaking down the varnish without clogging filters, which enables the varnish to then be removed with the regular scheduled oil change. It proactively halts machinery decline before it happens and restores system efficiency, such as heat exchanger functionality.
• Highly Compatible: VARTECH ISC is said to be compatible with in-service oils, working with mineral oils and most synthetic fluids. The proprietary formula doesn’t foul a system’s lubricant like other competing system cleaners, thereby preventing system degradation.
• Easy to Use: The low volatility, no mess formula is said to make it simple to add it to in-service oil so it can work while you work. VARTECH ISC is balanced to work with the lubricant during the cleaning process and prevent any unexpected downtime during a normal maintenance cycle.

“The most exciting thing about VARTECH ISC is that it has been rigorously field tested over the last several years to ensure it works as hard as you do,” notes Zach Sutton, Chevron Lubricants industrial sector specialist. “For one Chevron plastics manufacturing customer, VARTECH ISC was so effective that it removed varnish from three machines that were going to be taken out of service, saving the company nearly $1.5 million dollars in new equipment costs, demonstrating the power of this simple maintenance step.”