A leading Indonesian mining services company improved the cleaning of its operational units by implementing TERRAGARD GR 640, a water-based industrial degreaser designed to remove stubborn carbon deposits, hardened grease, and oil residues. The solution reduced cleaning time by more than 50%, lowered chemical consumption by 30%, and supported safer, more efficient maintenance operations.
Case Study Overview
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mining |
| Application | Heavy equipment and operational unit cleaning |
| Main Contaminants | Carbon scaling, hardened grease, and oil residues |
| Key Product | TERRAGARD GR 640 |
| Cleaning-Time Improvement | More than 50% reduction |
| Chemical Consumption | 30% reduction |
| Residue Removal Time | Under 10 minutes |
| Safety Result | Zero operator safety incidents during implementation |
| Main Objective | Improve cleaning efficiency, safety, equipment availability, and maintenance cost control |
Challenge
The company’s field operations routinely encountered severe contamination on heavy equipment and other operational units. Carbon deposits accumulated on components, hardened grease collected in confined mechanical areas, and persistent oil residues remained on surfaces after conventional cleaning.
Standard degreasers could not remove these contaminants effectively. Maintenance teams therefore required longer cleaning cycles, repeated chemical applications, and additional manual effort. Even after extended cleaning, residues could remain in hard-to-reach areas.
These limitations resulted in:
- Prolonged equipment downtime.
- Incomplete removal of carbon, grease, and oil residues.
- Higher chemical and labor consumption.
- Increased maintenance costs.
- Greater risk of component failure caused by contamination.
- Reduced equipment availability.
- Additional concerns related to operator safety and waste handling.
The company needed a high-performance cleaning solution that could penetrate entrenched deposits, work effectively in confined areas, rinse easily, and support its industrial safety and environmental responsibilities.
About the Customer
The customer is a mining services company established in 2003. It began operations as a heavy equipment rental provider and expanded into mining contracting in 2005 after developing a strong understanding of mining operations and adapting to its customers’ working culture.
By 2024, the company had been entrusted with managing more than 10 job sites across Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Sumatra. Its operations were supported by more than 12,000 employees and over 2,000 units of heavy equipment, alongside several subsidiaries established to support its continued growth.
With an operational philosophy represented by the slogan Safe & Strong Operational Performance, the company ranks among Indonesia’s top three mining contractors by overburden production and continues working toward becoming the country’s leading mining contractor.
The Solution
After evaluating advanced industrial cleaning technologies, the company selected TERRAGARD GR 640 based on its cleaning performance, water-based formulation, safety profile, and environmental compatibility.
TERRAGARD GR 640 uses quick-break technology to penetrate and release heavy industrial contaminants from equipment surfaces. Its concentrated formulation can be adjusted to match the severity of contamination, helping maintenance teams optimize chemical consumption without compromising cleaning effectiveness.
The implementation involved several application methods:
- Adjustable dilution ratios based on the type and severity of contamination.
- Pre-heating to improve cleaning performance on hardened grease and stubborn carbon deposits.
- Mechanical agitation for severe or deeply bonded deposits.
- Continuous circulation to deliver the cleaning solution into confined and hard-to-reach areas.
- Water rinsing to remove released residue quickly after treatment.
Operator training was included as part of the implementation process. The training focused on correct dilution, application procedures, cleaning-time optimization, waste handling, and compliance with K3 safety requirements.
According to the Field Manager:
“The cleaning effectiveness was impressive, and chemical consumption was lower than expected. There were no safety concerns for our operators, and residue removal became significantly easier.”
The Results
The implementation of TERRAGARD GR 640 delivered measurable improvements across the company’s maintenance operations.
Cleaning time was reduced by more than 50%, allowing operational units to return to service faster. Chemical consumption decreased by 30% because the concentrated formulation could be adjusted according to actual cleaning requirements.
Released residues could be removed in under 10 minutes, simplifying the rinsing stage and reducing the amount of manual work required. The water-based, biodegradable, and non-irritant formulation also supported safer working conditions and easier waste management.
Measurable Operational Improvements
| Performance Indicator | Result |
|---|---|
| Overall cleaning time | Reduced by more than 50% |
| Chemical consumption | Reduced by 30% |
| Residue removal time | Under 10 minutes |
| Operator safety incidents | Zero during implementation |
| Cleaning effectiveness | Improved removal of carbon, grease, and oil residues |
| Equipment availability | Increased through shorter maintenance cycles |
| Waste handling | Simplified by the biodegradable, water-based formulation |
| Operational cost | Reduced through lower chemical use and downtime |
The company also reported:
- Faster removal of entrenched carbon deposits.
- More effective cleaning of hardened grease in confined areas.
- Easier removal of persistent oil residues.
- Reduced need for repeated cleaning.
- Lower maintenance-related downtime.
- Improved equipment reliability.
- Safer working conditions for maintenance personnel.
- Better support for environmental compliance and responsible waste disposal.
Customer Testimonial
“Carbon deposits that normally take a long time to clean can be removed much faster with TERRAGARD GR 640. The improvement in work efficiency is truly noticeable.”
Budi
Site Project
Key Product
TERRAGARD GR 640
TERRAGARD GR 640 is a concentrated, water-based industrial degreaser developed for demanding maintenance applications. It is designed to remove carbon deposits, hardened grease, oil residues, and other heavy contaminants from operational equipment and mechanical components.
Its quick-break technology helps separate contaminants from the cleaned surface, allowing released residue to be rinsed away efficiently. Adjustable dilution ratios, pre-heating, mechanical agitation, and continuous circulation enable the product to be adapted to different contamination levels and equipment configurations.
Key operational benefits include:
- High cleaning performance on carbon, grease, and oil residues.
- More than 50% reduction in cleaning time in this application.
- 30% reduction in chemical consumption.
- Fast residue separation and rinsing.
- Water-based and biodegradable formulation.
- Non-irritant characteristics that support operator safety.
- Flexible application for open surfaces and confined mechanical areas.
- Reduced downtime and improved equipment availability.
Conclusion
TERRAGARD GR 640 successfully addressed persistent cleaning challenges across the mining company’s heavy equipment and operational units. The product removed stubborn carbon scaling, hardened grease, and oil residues more efficiently than the conventional degreasers previously used.
By reducing cleaning time by more than 50%, lowering chemical consumption by 30%, and shortening residue removal to under 10 minutes, the solution generated measurable improvements in maintenance productivity, operating cost, equipment availability, and operator safety.
For mining operations and other industries that need to clean heavily contaminated equipment, TERRAGARD GR 640 provides a high-performance and more sustainable approach to industrial maintenance.
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