Mechanical and plant engineering
The international technology and mechanical engineering company PALFINGER is the world’s leading producer and supplier of innovative crane and lifting solutions. With around 12,500 employees, 30 production sites and a worldwide sales and service network of around 5,000 support centres, PALFINGER meets the challenges of its customers and creates added value from them.
The most well-known product from PALFINGER is still the loading crane. With over 100 models, the company is the world market leader in this segment. But PALFINGER is also the world’s largest manufacturer of forestry and recycling cranes in the on- and off-road sector and roll-off skip loaders. Truck-mounted forklifts, tail lifts and truck-mounted lifting work platforms extend the product portfolio. In the field of high-tech railway applications and bridge inspection equipment, PALFINGER is a European technology and market leader. PALFINGER Marine is the world’s leading manufacturer of highly reliable, innovative and tailor-made deck equipment and handling solutions for the maritime industry.
Proximity to its customers is one of the secrets to the success of the internationally active company. The challenges they face are consistently taken into account in the constant further development of PALFINGER’s product portfolio and comprehensive services. Along the entire production and value chain, the potentials of digitalisation are taken into account in the same way as the impacts on the environment. PALFINGER’s lifting solutions provide customers with innovative, smart complete solutions with increased efficiency and top operability. In addition, PALFINGER supports customers so that they can use the systems as sustainably and cost-consciously as possible.
PALFINGER products are enhanced on a continuous basis. So, particularly high demands are placed on their lubricants, especially the hydraulic fluids. Conventional products only met the requirements to a limited extent. That is why PALFINGER has developed a range of its own hydraulic and gear oils that deliver top performance even under the world's toughest conditions.
Palfinger hydraulic fluids:
Due to the special formulas of PALFINGER lubricants, an annual oil change is no longer necessary. But: PALFINGER strongly recommends that customers perform an annual oil check. The tried-and-tested OELCHECK analysis sets are available from authorised workshops. They can be used for both hydraulic and gear oils. At PALFINGER, the sample consignment note has been replaced by a specially developed app to increase user convenience and avoid any errors in data transmission.
OELCHECK analyses lubricants from all over Europe at its laboratory in Brannenburg. PALFINGER uses the OELCHECK UPS service included in the analysis sets for the quick and easy dispatch of samples.
The laboratory reports prepared by OELCHECK provide information on the condition of the oil and the respective lubricated component. Whether there is moisture in the system, increased wear, contaminated oil or mixtures – with the comprehensive analyses, changes in the condition are immediately detected and commented on, enabling the PALFINGER service team to respond quickly.
PALFINGER customers benefit from a whole range of advantages with this system:
In its central PALDesk database, PALFINGER brings together all information about products and services. This data is available at any time, from anywhere in the world. Registered PALFINGER customers have free access to the central PALDesk database and thus to serial number-related documentation, product history, service status and configuration of their device. All information about the oil analyses carried out by OELCHECK is also stored here. The expertise of PALFINGER and OELCHECK has been incorporated equally into the associated recommendations.
Every day, samples of PALFINGER lubricants arrive at the OELCHECK laboratory from all over Europe. After their examination, all laboratory reports are automatically imported into the central PALDesk database using a specially programmed API interface (Application Programming Interface). Here, PALFINGER employees, authorised workshops and customers can access all data and analysis results concerning them at any time and from anywhere in the world. In addition to current analysis data, analyses from the history can also be used, as the interface allows a permanent and continuous exchange of information.
As a global company in the field of technology and mechanical engineering, PALFINGER is a world-leading producer and supplier of innovative crane and lifting solutions. The company is headquartered in Bergheim near Salzburg. The PALFINGER Group is 56.4% owned by the PALFINGER family. PALFINGER AG has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1999 and achieved record sales of EUR 2.45 billion in 2023.
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OELCHECKER Winter 2024, page 14-15