Customize to Optimize…

… that's the advice of Eriko Sakurai, executive director for the Dow Corning Expertise-Based Industry Group. Synthetic lubricants, he says, can reduce gear and motor size, handle higher speeds and loads, plus withstand wider temperature ranges. Drawbacks? Mainly expense, but "even a small percentage reduction in energy use" will compensate for the extra cost.

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