Title:STCHA 360 FULL VERSION
Duration: 4:41 minutes
Description:
A 360°tour of the Shell Technology Centre Hamburg to show the places where new lubricants are formulated and blended, and where the performance is evaluated and demonstrated.
STCHA 360 FULL VERSION Transcript
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Centred on a black screen, two flat white outline illustrations of a mobile phone and a computer screen appear alongside each other. Inside each illustration is a 360° angle view icon with an anticlockwise rotation symbol.
360° Tour
[Unidentified Male Speaker 1]
Welcome to the Shell Technology Centre Hamburg. This is the place where new lubricants for axles, gearboxes and transmissions are born. Today, we’re taking you on a brief tour to show you the places where these lubricants are formulated and blended, and also the places where the performance is evaluated and demonstrated. Just follow us.
[Video footage]
360° view of the Shell Technology Centre Hamburg buildings seen against brilliant blue skies. In the background, vehicles are parked alongside the building. In the foreground, a banner promotes “60 Years Innovation & Technology.” On the paved area in front of the building, five men face the camera, all dressed in white lab coats. One of the men speaks. When he is finished speaking, he walks off towards the building’s entrance, followed by the other men, and the scene dissolves.
[Unidentified Male Speaker 1]
Welcome to our blending plant. This blending plant is where lubricants such as Shell Helix, Rimula and Spirax start their life. These lubricants are a blend of base oils with an additive package. Base oils can be derived from either simple mineral oils or synthetic oils which are intended for higher performance applications.
Base oils essentially are hydrocarbons of different viscosities and they are selected to give a finished lubricant which has the right properties for the intended application. The additive package which is unique to each product is designed to give the lubricant extended life, help control friction, and minimise wear. Typical additive treat rates can range from 1% for industrial lubricants up to 20% for automotive applications.
Precise amounts of base oil and additives are blended together to give a lubricant according to the design specified by Shell product formulators. Once all the components are blended together, a number of quality checks are carried out to ensure the final blend is correct, and the lubricant is then ready for evaluation.
[Video footage]
360° view of the Shell Technology Centre Hamburg blending plant facilities. A cluster of large cylindrical blending tanks are based in the floor with other pieces of equipment on and around the tanks, and pipelines run in a network along the walls. To the left of the tanks, five men face the camera, all dressed in white lab coats, safety glasses, gloves and hardhats. As one of the five man speaks, another man dressed in safety gear walks towards one of the tanks and adjusts a control or lever on the top of the tank before moving off again. A little later, while the speaker is still speaking, he again walks towards the same tank to adjust the control or lever on the top of the tank and remains there while the speaker draws to a close and the scene dissolves.
[Unidentified Male Speaker 2]
Following testing in our main laboratory, we then evaluate candidate oils in this purpose-built demonstration laboratory using these Perspex gearboxes. We’ve evaluated in great detail various blends and how they warm up, and how this affects their viscosity so we can identify which formulations give the greatest benefits. We’ve observed, again with the Perspex gearboxes, that lubricants which have lower temperature rises tend to give lower friction losses and so give higher gearbox efficiencies. The benefits of such oils are that they will give reduced vehicle fuel consumption and so reduce operating costs for customers.
[Video footage]
360° view of the Shell Technology Centre Hamburg demonstration laboratory. Against the outer wall of the room, a line of workstations can be seen with screens above them fixed to the walls. Four men are seen standing at various points in the room, all wearing white lab coats, gloves and safety glasses. One of the men stands in front of a large projector screen which displays images relating to the demonstrations. Another man stands beside the demonstration Perspex gearboxes. The fifth man appears through the door of the laboratory, also dressed in a white lab coat, and starts speaking. He gestures to the Perspex gearboxes as he describes and discusses them. The man standing beside the Perspex gearbox appears to show how one goes about setting up and observing the lubricants using the Perspex gearboxes. When the speaker draws to a close, he walks over to the second Perspex gearbox, bends slightly to look at it, then picks up one of the canisters of lubricant set on top of the Perspex gearbox to have a cursory look at it before setting it down again. The scene dissolves.
[Unidentified Male Speaker 2]
Durability tests are used to ensure our oils minimise component wear during use. In addition, specialised friction tests are used to ensure our oils give smooth gear changes. These are just two examples of the type of tests we use to ensure the high-performance level of Shell Spirax driveline lubricants.
[Video footage]
360° view of a Shell Technology Centre Hamburg testing laboratory. In the centre of the room, a long corridor stretches into the distance. Either side of the corridor, in the foreground, two large windows provide a view of the testing equipment in the inner laboratories behind the windows. In front of each window, white desk surfaces hold computer and office equipment, and five men flank the desks on all sides, facing the camera, all wearing white lab coats, blue gloves and safety glasses. One of the men speaks, and as he speaks he gestures to each window in turn while describing the test going on behind each one, and several of the other men lean over to look through the windows.
[Unidentified Male Speaker 3]
So I'm setting up a new test here.
[Unidentified Male Speaker 2]
Yes, this one looks like it’s a good one. Yes. Looks promising.
[Video footage]
When the speaker draws to a close, he steps back slightly to open the door alongside one of the windows, and is followed by another of the men. Still standing outside entrance to the inner laboratory, the original speaker holds a conversation with the person inside who is setting up a new test. The scene dissolves.
[Unidentified Male Speaker 1]
Welcome to our driveline test facilities. This is the place where the final stage of each new product development is happening and we are testing the lubricant in real hardware. So let’s get inside and take a closer look at our heavy-duty driveline test rig.
[Video footage]
360° view of a Shell Technology Centre Hamburg driveline test facilities. Five men wearing white lab coats, gloves and safety glasses stand in the foreground, facing the camera. Behind them, clusters of workstations are visible between corridors. Behind two of the men, a large window provides a view of another part of the building beyond a paved area. In front of one of these two men, a large orange barrel rests on its end on the floor. One of the men speaks, and as he speaks he gestures to an open doorway behind him. When he is finished speaking, he walks towards the open doorway, followed by the other four men. The scene dissolves.
[Unidentified Male Speaker 1]
This heavy-duty driveline rig enables us to measure axles and gearboxes in tandem with the engine. We are using industry standard test cycles and the operating temperature and the efficiency of the lubricant are measured. We can measure differences, for lubricants formulated from simple mineral base oils compared to those formulated for higher performance synthetic base oils. And we can also measure differences for transmission lubricants formulated for different viscosity grades.
[Video footage]
In the background of the shot, the five men file into the room. The driveline test equipment is seen in the foreground of the footage. The men move to stand behind the equipment at various points.In the background, the façade of a truck’s cab is fixed to the wall behind the speaker, alongside two windows. The speaker describes the process, gesturing to the equipment in front of him. When the speaker draws to a close, he again gestures along the length of the driveline test equipment and looks up to draw attention to the additional equipment on the ceiling. The scene dissolves.
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Shell Pecten centred on a white screen