New Products

New Tail Seal Grease for TBM

Condat started its lubricants activity for underground works in 1989 when it was awarded by international tender to supply the tail seal grease WR 89 for the Channel Tunnel. Since then, this product was used to bore more than 4.000 km in the most extreme conditions.

Now, a new generation of WR89 is available on the market since October 2010. This new tail seal grease anticipates not only the next regulations (REACH). It will also permit to be in accordance with the technological progress while meeting more and more severe technical requirements.

The new grease is continously pumped during the...

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