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LabTecta 66 — Save Your Bearings
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Research* shows that 52% of bearing failures are due to contamination of the
bearing oil. These represent 20.8% of all rotating equipment failures. Save your
bearings and improve your reliability with LabTecta 66.
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Research into Bearing Failures Cause Categories Equipment Failure

Reliability by numbers: 52% of bearing failures. A study into equipment
reliability conducted at a major refinery has published statistics on causes of
equipment failure. They concluded that 40% of overall rotating equipment failures
(pumps, mixers, etc) were due to bearing failure.

They further estimated that 48% of all bearing failures were due to particle
contamination and a further 4% were due to corrosion (caused by liquid in the
oil). Therefore 52% (total contamination cause) of 40% (bearing failures)
= 20.8% of all rotating equipment failures are caused by contamination of
the bearing oil.

LabTecta 66 has achieved...
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Ingress Protection code rating
66
The premier third-party standard for Ingress Protection.
IP66
Level 6 Protection against solids

Defined as “No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact.”
Level 6 Protection against water

Defined as “Water projected in powerful jets (0.5” / 12.5mm nozzle) against the enclosure from all
practicable angles shall have no harmful effects”. Tested with at least 26 US gallons (100 litres)
per minute for at least 3 minutes, while equipment is both static & rotating.

Bearing-oil Contamination is Preventable Causes of Bearing Failure
LabTecta 66 is a labyrinth design bearing-protector seal with an innovative
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design improvement, the LabTecta 66 shut-off valve, which we believe to
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be the secret to the product’s phenomenal success.
The effectiveness of LabTecta 66 has been verified in third-party tests
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by the Ingress Protection Code. LabTecta 66 has achieved a rating
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of IP66: proving its effectiveness in protecting your bearings from
contamination failures.

* Bloch, Heinz; “Pump Users Handbook: Life Extension” 2011.