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About Lubrication Systems
Lubrication equipment and lubrication systems are essential
components of manufacturing and industrial machinery and technology.
Lubrication equipment is used to provide and apply controlled or metered
amounts of lubricant to a part or piece of equipment. Lubrication equipment
manufacturers are often capable of creating, and may specialize in, custom
units of lubrication technology. Lubrication equipment is useful in many
industries, including packaging, printing, water and sewage pumping,
textiles, food processing, chemical processing, mining, brewing and bottling,
pellet mills and machinery production.
Some of machinery for which lubrication systems are used includes dies,
chains, cables, rails, gears, pumps and any other moving and rotating
parts commonly found on conveyer or assembly machinery. To ensure reliable
and efficient operation of such equipment, these moving parts often need
a constant supply of lubricating fluids, and the lubrication equipment
is able to provide this at the proper temperature, viscosity, flow rate
and pressure. Other more specific examples of machinery that use lubricants
include rock crushers, gearboxes, large blowers and fans, turbines and
industrial centrifuges.
The most important components of lubrication equipment are the reservoir,
pump and filter. The reservoir is the area in which the lubricant is
stored after coming back from the area it lubricates. The pump is used
to move the lubricant through the system and into areas that need to
be lubricated. The filter is used to ensure that the lubricant stays
clean and free from contaminants so that the system is not disrupted.
These lubricating systems often have instrumentation to provide readings
of the flow rate, temperature and level of the lubricant. Lubrication
equipment manufacturers can provide more elaborate systems that contain
alarm points to warn of improper balances.
Lubrication equipment manufacturers can also offer both manual and automatic
products. Often automatic technology is part of permanent or centralized
lubrication equipment. This lubrication equipment is usually a part of
the machines they lubricate but require separate maintenance for themselves.
Automatic systems are especially useful because they reduce downtime
and labor cost since they do not require operators. Also, there is less
chance of failure due to human error because these machines do exactly
what they are programmed to do. Manual lubrication equipment is fully
human-operated, as in spot lubrication guns, or only partially, as in
the case of a chain lubricator, which requires the mounting of the machine
to the chain and the programming of flow rate and length of chain into
the device, which is then able to run automatically. For manual lubricators,
there is often a greater chance of missing an area or supplying too much
lubrication to another.
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Types of Lubricating Systems
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provide proper lubrication and filtration to compressed air lines, which
are used to power tools and other such machinery. These lubricators
are often built into the line itself, providing constant lubrication.
- are systems that provide continuous or periodic anti-friction
and fluid movement to machines and systems, which require lubricant
to function properly.
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work very much like chain lubricators but can be housed permanently
onto the machine that needs lube for frequent use. They are usually
set off on their own length of track or beam, which is not a part of
the routine function of the system.
- consist of a conventional lever gun that supplies lubricant
to a single grease fitting, which then feeds a number of grease distribution
lines to lube points that are found throughout the machinery or system
in need of lubricant.
- have isolated lube zones in which the lube pump constantly runs
and circulates oil through the header and back to the tank when in an
idle period.
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are automatic units that travel the length of a chain or rail and disperse
proper amounts of lubricant across the length of the system.
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have two main lines connected to a pump that use pressure to cause the
pistons to dispense lubricant onto a designated area.
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refer to a lubrication technology that provides petrol-based lubrication
to machines and parts, which need them to function.
- lubricate machinery with grease.
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are designed to supply lubricant periodically, based on a timer.
- apply lubricant to machinery to prevent wear from friction.
- apply lubricant to moving mechanical parts.
- deliver a mixture of atomized, micron oil
particles and air to the area in need of lubricant. Sometimes, these
systems are used for the cooling of bearings, as well as for fluid movement
and cleaning.
- is a container designed to hold and dispense oil for lubricating applications.
- are devices that apply lubricating oil to areas of friction in machinery.
- are single line systems in which the resistance to
flow created by different size orifices proportions the flow to the
lube points. These systems are not positive displacement and are limited
to the use of oil as a lubricant.
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