The evolution of industrial technologies, connected with a particular attention for product and environmental quality, has spurred the R&D department of Baraldi Lubrificanti to extend its own research activity to the applicational aspects of chemical products.

This insight has inspired the development of the project SLS – Smart Lubrication System, which has led Baraldi Lubrificanti to patent the system, a fundamental step in identifying new technical-applicational solutions.

SLS technology was developed in collaboration with an Italian Research Center (Venezia Tecnologie) and industrialised by Idra – one of world’s most important constructors of die casting machines - which has acquired the patent right. SLS  represents an innovation in the aluminium diecasting sector, as it permits to monitor the die surface temperature at each cycle and to retroact selectively on the lubrication, according to the recorded value and/or to the process phase. This procedure achieves a double goal: to create the ideal film for lubricating the die surface avoiding “stickings” between the cast alloy and the die steel, optimizing the cooling function as well and, in the restart phase, to achieve as soon as possible the thermal balance, i.e. the correct production out-put according to requirements.

As a result, the SLS application offers important advantages, such as a remarkable reduction of scrap, energy costs, and productions defects, assuring a longer die lifetime as well as improving the use of chemicals and recording the process data.