Teaching The Importance Of Quality Oils And Lubricants
Last week, Morris Lubricants’ Technology Manager, Adrian Hill hosted a training seminar for a group of Level 2 Automotive Learners from Wolverhampton College in the Morris Lubricants factory in Shrewsbury. They started the day by learning about the history of Morris Lubricants, followed by a detailed training session discussing the different functions of oils and lubricants as well as explaining the importance of only using quality products that meet the correct manufacturer specifications, in a vehicle.
After lunch, the students took a tour around the manufacturing site in Shrewsbury, to see what they had just learned, put into practice. Having recently had a large level of capital investment within the Morris Lubricants factory, students got to see the latest technology within the oil and lubricant industry at work. The tour started by seeing how raw materials including base oils and additives arrive on site and are then stored, into the production facility to understand how the blending tanks operate, through the filling lines where the various pack sizes are manufactured, into the Quality Control Laboratory to see how the company maintains it high product standards, finally to product storage and logistics where all Morris Lubricants products get distributed to customers around the globe. This highlighted to the students the many important aspects involved in a leading oil and lubricants company.
When the tour was completed, Adrian opened the floor for the students to ask all of their burning questions about Morris Lubricants, the oils and lubricants industry, and any technical queries they may have had.
This week, Adrian then went on to teach a group of Level 2 Motor Vehicle Students and Agricultural Engineers at Rodbaston College, which is part of South Staffordshire College, his ‘Introduction to Lubricants’ course. They looked at how oil is processed before being sold to the trade and public, the various types of oil available and how they are used in different vehicles. Finishing at the end of the seminar with an opportunity to call upon Adrian’s over 40 years of knowledge and experience within the oil lubricants industry, with a few final questions.