“Military-Grade Quality” Arrives in Force: The Whole Kunlun Tianrun Family Makes Its New Debut

On March 22, Kunlun Lubricant held the “Quality at a New Height” — Kunlun Tianrun Product Upgrade Launch Conference at the Shanghai International Convention Center. In response to the higher requirements that today’s advanced engine technologies place on lubricant quality, the Kunlun Tianrun product line was comprehensively upgraded with core technological innovations and breakthroughs, once again interpreting “military-grade quality” through concrete action and demonstrating Kunlun Lubricant’s incomparable advanced technological advantages in the lubrication field.
Xiao Hongwei, general manager of PetroChina Lubricant Company, delivers a speech
Quality at a new height: Kunlun Tianrun upgraded across the line
At the launch conference, Xiao Hongwei, general manager of PetroChina Lubricant Company, said: “Kunlun Lubricant has always closely followed the development of China’s auto industry, developing in step with it and promoting each other. To better meet the requirements of new-generation vehicles, Kunlun Lubricant continuously launches lubricant products of ‘quality at a new height.’ The fully upgraded Kunlun Tianrun products this time made a huge breakthrough in protecting engines and improving power performance, comprehensively enhancing the consumption experience.”
After the full upgrade, Kunlun Tianrun products retain their original good looks. The newly upgraded Kunlun Tianrun series keeps the drum colors of KR9-T, KR9, KR6, KR5 and KR6-G, while the two sub-brands KR8 and KR7 are distinguished through drum color and label background color, making it easier for the market to differentiate and for customers to choose.
This full upgrade of the Kunlun Tianrun series added KR9-T 0W-20 C5/OEM, KR9-T 0W-20 SN+/GF-5/GM (2015) and KR9 5W-20 SN+/GF-5 lubricants, making the product line richer. Among them is China’s first C5 energy-saving oil for European vehicles (KR9-T 0W-20 C5/OEM), especially suitable for modern European turbocharged direct-injection new cars with exhaust aftertreatment systems, protecting the vehicle’s emission-reduction system while providing maximum fuel savings and durability protection. At the same time, KR8 was upgraded from SM to SN, KR7 from SL to SN, KR6 from SJ to SL and KR5 from SF to SJ, all improving quality without raising prices to meet customers’ demand for high-cost-performance premium oils.
Display of Kunlun Lubricant’s upgraded products
New technological heights: tough anti-wear, comprehensive protection
As a highly anticipated “newly upgraded” Tianrun series lubricant, matching its good looks is military-grade strength. The brand-new upgraded Kunlun Tianrun series inherits the soul of “military-grade quality, a pillar of the great nation” and sets higher requirements for its products: the highest-specification KR9-T and KR9 products comply with the API SN PLUS specification about to be issued. Taking KR9-T 0W-40 as an example, the upgraded lubricant fully adopts fully synthetic high-performance base oil, and top-level lubrication technology provides more lasting protection for the engine, delivering anti-wear protection 70% above the standard limit, comprehensive engine protection and a new technological height.
At the same time, the featured TGDI protection core technology of the brand-new Kunlun Tianrun series enables the lubricant, when in contact with the engine’s moving parts, to form a lubrication protective layer only 2 microns thick yet powerfully effective, effectively isolating sludge and other deposits that cause performance loss, preventing low-speed pre-ignition and protecting turbocharged direct-injection engines — more reassuring and safer. In addition, the upgraded anti-wear core technology, efficient cleaning ability and outstanding anti-oxidation performance protect the vehicle’s emission-reduction system while providing maximum fuel savings and excellent durability protection, easily meeting future emission challenges.
Scene of the product upgrade launch conference
With “military-grade quality, a pillar of the great nation” as its direction, Kunlun Lubricant continuously innovates and upgrades product strength, technology development and process standards to meet the market. Among these, the joint R&D case between Kunlun Lubricant and JAC Motors is very typical. Through comprehensive engine lubricant bench tests, the two sides improved lubrication and combustion effects, successfully achieving an average friction coefficient reduction of 30%, a mechanical loss reduction of 3%–5% and a fuel consumption reduction of 1%. Numerous scientific research achievements have obtained certification from many mainstream OEMs and official certification from high-end automakers such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Renault, making Kunlun Lubricant a well-deserved technology leader.
New brand heights: strength interprets “Made in China”
As a leading state-owned enterprise, Kunlun Lubricant has, since its founding in 2000, firmly fulfilled its mission of raising the national level of lubrication, striving to build a lubricant brand of “military-grade quality, a pillar of the great nation.”
Since 1950, when Kunlun Lubricant produced New China’s first drop of lubricant at the Yumen Oilfield, Kunlun Lubricant has kept moving forward on the road of building pillars of the great nation and has reaped achievements that draw the world’s attention. Its high-speed rail gear oil replaced Japanese products, filling a domestic gap, and was successfully applied in “Fuxing” EMU trains; Kunlun D12 diesel engine oil combines unique anti-oxidation and anti-wear technology with a detergent formulation, setting a milestone 120,000-kilometer ultra-long oil change interval; and its transformer oil became the only designated oil for the world’s first ±1100 kV transmission project. All along, Kunlun Lubricant has contributed to the rise of the nation, witnessing the revival history of New China standing among the nations of the world.
This full upgrade of the Kunlun Tianrun product line keeps pace with the pulse of the times; with cutting-edge core technology and superb product quality, it once again confirms Kunlun Lubricant’s leading position in “Made in China.”