OELCHECK VISITS THE GUNVOR REFINERY IN INGOLSTADT

Experience technology up close! True to this motto, we regularly carry out excursions in order to train our employees. In May 2023, some of OELCHECK’s tribologists and employees from the sales department visited Gunvor Refinery in Ingolstadt. As one of the most powerful refineries in Europe, it has been supplying southern Germany with products for mobility and heat for over five decades. It also supplies products for use in the chemical industry as well as district heating for the region.

During the extensive tour of the site, OELCHECK employees were able to learn about the production processes of a refinery in a practical manner.

The refinery's maintenance manager was there in person and used the OELCHECK team's visit for an in-depth discussion about monitoring lubricants with all-inclusive OELCHECK analyses. Among other things, the focus was on turbine oils. These tend to form varnishes, which in turn can lead to valve sticking and malfunctions of the systems. Therefore, there was intensive discussion about the preventative possibilities of oil analysis and about the prevention or removal of varnish.