Kixx GEAR EP S
PAO synthetic EP industrial gear oil · ISO 150/220/320 · micro-pitting resistance · FLENDER approved
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What it is
A PAO-based advanced synthetic heavy-duty industrial gear oil for severe service — heavy loads at low speed, continuously high or very low operating temperature, and gearboxes where a long drain interval is the point. High resistance to micro-pitting is the property GS Caltex lead with, and it is the one that shows on a tooth flank.
Applications
- Enclosed gearboxes running continuously at high temperature, or exposed to very low temperatures
- Severe service under heavy loads and low speeds
- Systems needing extra-long oil life, such as wind turbines
- Gearboxes that are inaccessible or require infrequent lubrication
Performance standards it is written against
- ANSI/AGMA 9005-E02
- US Steel 224
- David Brown Table E S1.53.106
- DIN 51517 Part 3 CLP
- FLENDER Industrial Gear rev. 9 (2005)
What that buys you
- Excellent gear wear and corrosion protection
- Longer oil life and reduced maintenance
- Energy saving through reduced friction
Typical properties
| ISO grade | 150 | 220 | 320 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGMA grade | 4EP | 5EP | 6EP |
| Viscosity @ 40 °C, mm²/s | 143.5 | 212.9 | 316.6 |
| Viscosity @ 100 °C, mm²/s | 18.7 | 25.3 | 34.8 |
| Viscosity index | 148 | 150 | 155 |
| Pour point, °C | −39 | −33 | −30 |
| Flash point, °C | 276 | 280 | 288 |
| FZG pass stage | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Every figure on this page is GS Caltex’s own published value from the Kixx GEAR EP S product data sheet. Confirm against the current sheet for the batch you buy — ask us and we will send it with the quotation.
When the synthetic is worth the money, and when it is not
GEAR EP S is PAO based, and the sheet is explicit about what that buys: high resistance to micro-pitting, service at continuously high temperature or very low temperature, and extra-long oil life. The numbers back it — viscosity index 148 to 155 against 104 to 112 for the mineral GEAR EP, flash point 276 to 288 °C against 242 to 268, and pour point down to −39 °C.
It is worth it where the gearbox runs hot continuously, where micro-pitting is the failure you keep seeing on the tooth flank, where the unit is inaccessible or rarely serviced, or where a drain interval is being stretched deliberately. GS Caltex name wind turbines as the case in point, and it carries FLENDER Industrial Gear rev. 9 on top of the mineral grade’s approvals.
It is not worth it on a steadily loaded reducer at moderate temperature with a normal drain schedule. There, GEAR EP reaches the same FZG stage 12 for less money. The honest test is the oil analysis trend, not the label.
Related
- Kixx GEAR EP — the mineral EP grade, ISO 100 to 460
- GS Caltex Kixx gear oils
- Industrial gear oil change intervals
- Oil analysis service — the evidence for stretching a drain
Kixx GEAR EP S in one line
Kixx GEAR EP S is GS Caltex’s PAO synthetic EP industrial gear oil in ISO VG 150, 220 and 320 (143.5, 212.9 and 316.6 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 148–155, pour point −39 to −30 °C, FZG stage 12), written against DIN 51517 Part 3 CLP, AGMA 9005-E02 and FLENDER rev. 9.
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