Current and prospective car wash owners can now achieve remarkable performance with top-of-the-line car wash equipment, cleaning solutions and support from Major Brands Oil Company, the area leader in automotive, industrial, and commercial lubricants.
For more than 30 years, Major Brands Oil Company has been providing exceptional service and the highest quality oil products to customers across Michigan — all delivered by a customer-center family-owned business.
Petit brand car wash bays, along with Motor City Wash Works components, and Simonize treatments provide an unbeatable car washing experience at unmatched speed. Major Brands has carried Simonize cleaning agents for many years, but the addition of car was bays and washing components rounds out the offerings, allowing for full-service outfitting of new or existing car wash businesses.
Petit wash bays are designed to deliver timesaving and profit-increasing metrics:
The Motor City Wash Works components include:
“Our commitment to providing customers with first class service and the personal touch that the company was built on has never wavered,” says Kyle Klingenberg, President, Major Brands Oil Company. “It’s what our customers have come to expect and what they deserve.”
Whether it’s name-brand oil and lubricant or premier car wash components, Major Brands is now the go-to supplier in Michigan.
]]>According to this study, machine downtime reduces the potential in-season harvesting area by 20% and increases costs by 6–7%. In a business driven by season-specific demands, machine downtime can lead to avoidable losses, including premature wear and tear, energy losses, and inflated fuel consumption.
Take a few minutes to double-check all the lubrication areas of your equipment:
Motor Oil or Engine Lubricants
Proper engine lubricants reduce friction and extend engine life. It's also a lubricant that's easy to check, change or top off.
Transmission Oil
Transmission oils help ensure gears and bearings within the primary and secondary drive units are turning efficiently, with less wear and tear. According to research by SKF, about a third of the bearing failures are due to improper lubrication.
Greases
Farm equipment travels through water, mud, dust, and dirt, elements that can stress even new machinery to the point of failure if not properly protected. Grease is highly viscous and forms a protective layer over the parts preventing not only friction but can offset the strains placed on the equipment.
Check the label to see if your lubricant meets OEM specs. And use fresh oil, lubricants, and grease. Don't just reach for dust-covered can in the back of the barn.
Everyone at Major Brands appreciates the hard work and dedication of the American farmer. And if you can help you in your lubricant decision, we will most certainly will. If we can't, we'll get the answer from our support team back at the Shell labs. Chances are we stock what you need. So visit majorbrandsoil.com and choose the proper lubricant for your farming machines.
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Anti-seize Formulations
Anti-seize products are used in shaft assemblies, nut-bolts, plugs, pipe fittings such as unions, high-temperature applications such as automobile exhaust assemblies, spark plug threads, brake components as well as screwed joints. Battery terminals are also a typical application.
How do they 'work'? Anti-seize products are formulated with micron-sized solid particles along with grease as the carrier. Primarily, the solid content enhances their load-carrying capacity as well as holding up under high temperature. It also reduces friction by ensuring lubrication under low-speed conditions.
Anti-seize products don't work well in equipment operated at higher speeds as there can be churning, heat generation, and the problem of jamming parts.
When operating under high temperatures (above 400 degree Fahrenheit), however, the anti-seize products help avoid seizure as well as galling, because they contain solid lubricants which have high-temperature resistance features and prevent metal to metal contact.
Anti-seize products contain solid lubricants such as graphite or metals having a somewhat lower coefficient of friction along with grease base, providing lubrication both at lower as well as higher temperature ranges. Solid content such as graphite, aluminum, and copper enhances the load-carrying capacity of the lubricant film even at lower temperatures. The high-temperature limit of the anti-seize depends upon the characteristics of the solid component used.
If the anti-seize product has to work in a very cold environment, the product containing nickel may be a better choice. Nickel-based products are also used in the oil and gas industry, where chemical resistance is a major requirement.
Graphite based anti-seize products are used in applications that require good electrical conductivity, as well as high temperature resistance (up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit), such as spark plugs threads and grounding connections. If the anti-seize is not used in these cases, metallic corrosion can result with increased electrical resistance of the threaded joint.
Advantages of anti-seize are:
Disadvantages
Grease
Grease is a natural choice for applications having light loads as well as high speeds. It is formulated with lubricating oil as well as a thickener. Most greases do not contain solids, whereas some contain a small amount of them. For temperatures exceeding 400 degrees Fahrenheit, grease may not be suitable, because it is nearly the flashpoint of the base oil. The base oil may oxidize and even burn at this temperature. The thin layer of lubricant now will not be able to carry its load at that temperature and metal to metal contact between surfaces in relative motion may happen. For large diameter (outer diameter) high-speed rolling contact bearings, the grease should be chosen according to the equipment manufacturer's recommendation. This applies to heavily loaded bearings as well.
]]>Major Brands Oil, a leading Midwest distributor of high-quality oils and lubricants, announced today the acquisition of Central Oil, a Roseville, Michigan distributor specializing in industrial and commercial lubricants for southeast Michigan and Ohio.
Acquisition Adds to Major Brands Industrial Lubricant Offering
November 16, 2020. Holland, Michigan . . . Major Brands Oil, a leading Midwest distributor of high-quality oils and lubricants, announced today the acquisition of Central Oil, a Roseville, Michigan distributor specializing in industrial and commercial lubricants for southeast Michigan and Ohio.
“Central Oil has earned a reputation for superior expertise across a wide range of industrial products and applications,” said Kyle Klingenberg, President and CEO, Major Brands Oil. “The synergy created by our two companies is exciting; expanding our market while offering all customers a broader product line, including many high-high caliber industrial lubricants. We welcome the Central Oil team to the Major Brands family.”
Founded in 1958, Central Oil has a footprint strategically located within the Greater Detroit corridor for next day delivery of coolants, lubricants, oils, and specialty chemicals. The company is ISO 9001 & 14001 certified.
Major Brands Oil is a Shell Lubricants Prestige Distributor, giving customers direct access to the highest quality lubricant products and brands available on the market, including Shell Rotella, Pennzoil, and Quaker State. Incorporated in 1981, Major Brands Oil Company continues the tradition of a Michigan family business under the direction of brothers Kyle and Justin Klingenberg.