Welcome to our blending facility
Located in the heart of Sydney’s south west business and transport hub the 4500m2 facility has been designed from the ground up for the sole purpose of creating and blending a range of additives, premium oils, lubricants and coolants.
We have been very careful to consider the local and global environment by taking every measure to recycle packaging materials and have implemented countless safety measures to prevent any pollution hazard to the local environment.
Nulon uses a state of the art computer controlled system to ensure the consistency of all the blends we produce. The formulations are pre-stored in the system with the operator simply identifying the recipe required and the tank in which it is to be blended. The system automatically opens valves, turns on pumps and adds bulk fluids in the correct sequence while also controlling heating and agitation of the blend. The system prompts the blender to make small additions of additives when necessary and advises of the quantity to be added. These additions are made via the small add tanks that can be seen at the front of the blend tanks.
All blends are constantly tested in the laboratory by our trained staff against strict quality control guidelines before being cleared for transfer to the packaging area.
Welcome to the heart and brains of the production facility of Nulon. No expense has been spared to create this state of the art production facility, with premium stainless steel pipes and 5,000 to 10,000 litre blending and filling tanks. All blending and filling is done by weight, for complete accuracy, with each tank sitting on electronic load cells which accurately monitor the weight of the blends and feed the information to the high tech computer control system.
All of the Nulon facility is kept under insulated protective cover to prevent any variants that the local climate can offer, ensuring the product stays consistent throughout the whole facility. To prevent contamination between chemicals, each product line has its own dedicated pump and delivery system from initial receiving to final blending and packaging. This ensures that no cross contamination occurs at any stage, thus providing the highest quality and consistency of every product. To further enhance this - each blend is processed through its own dedicated filtration unit to remove any foreign material before filling occurs.
Each process is overseen by a fully trained dedicated professional to ensure finite quality control from the delivered raw products to the finished oils, lubricants and coolants Nulon offers.
Storage Facility
This image clearly shows our indoor bulk tank farm where bulk fluids are stored. The tanks are made of premium stainless steel, carbon steel and HDPE plastic depending on the fluid being stored. The entire area is bunded to ensure that in the unlikely event of any spillage the area will remain environmentally safe.
The pipes to the left come directly from the bulk unloading bay. Each storage tank has its own dedicated supply line to eliminate contamination. To the right you can see the delivery pumps and valves. Again, to eliminate contamination each bulk fluid has its own dedicated pump and valves. All are computer controlled by the technicians.
Filling Bay
Our semi-automated processing line again uses state of the art filling, capping and packing processes. The filling area of the factory is separated from the rest of the production area to make it safer for the team and prevent any cross contamination between products.
Parts of this filling line have been dedicated to filling our engine treatments and fuel additives for 15 years. As productivity is growing we are reviewing replacement of this line to increase capacity and processing. The existing line will be used for smaller scale specialty products in the future. The three tanks in the right background hold the blended bulk product from where it is then gravity fed to the filling machine.
The vast majority of Nulon’s coolants and engine oils are filled and packed on this specifically designed filling line (pictured on the right). This Australian made line consists of an in-feed conveyor, a four-head filling machine, automatic capper, batch coder, auto taping machine and a carton labeller. This line allows us to meet all the packaging and labelling standards required in Australia today. Nulon takes OH & S seriously and we have systems in place to ensure the safety and well being of our team. We have invested in safe handling equipment where lifting is required.
Warehouse Area
Pictured above and below are the warehouse areas in the Nulon complex. Aisles are wide to provide maximum visibility for the safety of forklift operators and pedestrians alike, and to provide quicker loading turn-around time. To ensure maximum safety of our staff and protection of the environment we have worked alongside the local fire fighting authorities to make sure our storage area is as safe as it could be - with all flammable and dangerous goods, such as aerosols, stored in separate caged areas.
