Blinded by the Price

A paradigm is a belief or thought that is so strongly held that it can prevent your company from making product decisions that could benefit it! Especially when you've been doing things the same way for a long time...

 

It affects those individuals who are responsible for product choices and are restrained by their preconceptions about a product or issue. It’s a matter of perspective. Rock drill oils represent a very small monthly expenditure for most mines. This represents a minimal percentage of overall monthly operating costs for a mine. A switch to Pneuma-Tool might increase those monthly purchase costs, but not by much, especially if properly adjusted lubricators are used. In that case, monthly purchases could be comparable or only slightly more than what you are paying now. Analysis of the return on investment by mines that have used Pneuma-Tool for extended periods of time has shown that it actually saves a mine money to switch to Pneuma-Tool.

 

It has been proven beyond doubt that airborne contaminants are a leading cause of respiratory health issues in the mining community, (Workplace Safety North Conference - Sudbury, Ontario April 2013), many of which are not reported to the WCB. Yet decisions on which rock drill oil to purchase are typically made strictly on price, instead of by Health and Safety decision makers who understand the implications of poor air quality on miners’ health. Long term lung disease due to chronic exposure to airborne contaminants costs everyone, and in the case of oil mists, is preventable.

 

Traditional Rock Drill Oils:

• Cause oil fog, which has proven negative health consequences. Lung congestion caused by oil mist contamination reduces the lungs’ intake of oxygen and causes muscle fatigue. Chronic exposure can cause other more serious long term health effects.

• Traditional rock drill oils also provide a low level of protection for drills and other equipment they are used in.

• BUT THEY`RE CHEAP! In order to make a cheap product, the least expensive raw materials must be used.

 

Pneuma-Tool Synthetic rock drill lubricants
 

• Eliminate oil fog - protect miners’ lungs

• Eliminate freeze-up - improved productivity - less lost time to thaw tools and mufflers

• Improve visibility - Safety - enable miners to see loose hazards and slip and fall hazards

• Reduce slipperiness - Safety - especially on steel deck platforms

• Extend tool life - long term costs - the high temperature tolerance of Pneuma-Tool extends service intervals

• Cleanliness - miners aren’t coated with oil - they're happier at the end of a shift

• Are used at lower injection rates - miners don’t have to lug as much oil around. Great for raises

Pneuma-Tool has been proven to extend equipment service intervals by as much as 300%.

That’s money in the bank!

And at the end of the shift you`ve taken care of the health of your miners.