Slideways
Excellent frictional properties and anti-wear performance
Improved product quality, lower operating costs and longer-lasting equipment.
Shell Tonna slideway oils are specially formulated to enhance machine accuracy, efficiency and protection through their friction performance, coolant compatibility and oxidation, corrosion, wear and foaming resistance.
To be competitive in the global manufacturing market you need to get the best out of your equipment. Find out how our lubricants can enable your hydraulic systems, gear systems, electric motors, bearings and slideways to deliver enhanced value – so that your business can thrive.
- Wear and corrosion protection
- Long oil life
- System efficiency
Shell’s Tonna range is especially designed to lubricate machine tool slides, tables and feed mechanisms. With excellent frictional properties, very good slideway adhesion and excellent anti-wear performance, it can be relied on to provide efficient machining accuracy and reliable protection for your equipment.
The Tonna product benefits
Every part of your machine or process has been meticulously engineered, so you want to use a lubricant that has been designed to ensure that your equipment is well protected and works efficiently. The Shell Tonna range of slideway oils has been developed to enable equipment operators to select the oil that will deliver optimum value to their operations through
- Wear and corrosion protection
- Long oil life
- System efficiency
Shell Tonna S2 M is specially designed for the lubrication of machine tool slides, tables and feed mechanisms. It features highly refined mineral oils and special additives to enhance the crucial property of adhesion and reduce stick–slip. It is also a fluid you can trust in applications where there is high exposure to soluble cutting fluids, as it separates completely and immediately for longer coolant life and better cutting performance.
Shell Tonna S3 M is Shell’s top-performing oil specially designed for the lubrication of machine tool slides, tables and feed mechanisms. With excellent frictional properties, very good slideway adhesion and excellent anti-wear performance, it can be relied on to provide efficient machining accuracy and reliable protection for your equipment, especially in high precision, low-speed machines and combined lubrication systems. It features highly refined mineral oils and special additives to enhance the crucial property of adhesion and reduce stick–slip.
The Shell Tonna product benefits
The best combination of frictional and separability performance
Have you experienced quality issues through slideway stick–slip or fluid waste through the formation of oil–coolant emulsions? The most effective slideway oils exhibit strong frictional performance for low stick–slip and excellent coolant separability.
Greater protection for your machines
Shell Tonna oils are versatile and designed to extend the life of critical hydraulic pump and gearbox parts by protecting them from wear. For example, in Vickers vane pump tests Shell Tonna S3 M achieved up to 92% less wear than the maximum allowed.
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Customers switching to Shell Tonna S3 M have reported enhanced machining precision and reduced stick–slip. One customer reported $46,0002 of annual savings through reducing maintenance costs and production time losses. Another customer reported up to 65% less oil consumption owing to Shell Tonna S3 M oil’s good adhesion to slideways.
A premium machine tool slideway oil
Whatever your needs or application, we can provide a full range of oils and greases,
including synthetic, high-performance products and additional services.
Designed for high efficiency
Your choice of slideway oil can be decisive in managing tramp oils. Better separation between the coolant and the slideway oil enables the slideway oils to be easily removed, thereby limiting the development of bacteria and fungi in the coolant.
