Bearing

Detecting leaks or blockages: By inspecting the lubricator, you can detect any leaks or blockages that might hinder the lubrication process, leading to inadequate lubrication and potential equipment damage.

Maximizing cost-effectiveness: Efficient lubrication helps reduce energy consumption and overall operating costs. By inspecting the single-point lubricator, you can ensure that it is functioning optimally, which in turn contributes to cost savings for your business.

Rollingbearing

Complying with maintenance schedules: By inspecting the lubricator, you can ensure that you are adhering to the recommended maintenance schedules, which can help extend the life of your equipment and minimize the risk of unexpected breakdowns.

It's essential to select the right type of single-point lubricator for each specific environment and application to ensure optimal performance, equipment protection and cost-effectiveness.

Thrustbearing

The low wear of the systems with a hard chrome-plated shaft is particularly impressive. This very hard, but also smooth shaft has a favourable effect on the wear behaviour in many bearing pairings. The wear of many iglidur® bearings is lower on this shaft than on any other mating partner. However, it should be noted that due to the typically low surface roughness, the risk of stick-slip on hard chrome-plated shafts is particularly high.

Ensuring proper lubrication: Regular inspection helps ensure that the lubricatordispensesg the correct amount of lubricant to the designated point, which is crucial for maintaining optimal equipment performance and reducing friction between moving parts.

Sphericalplain bearing

The hardness of the shaft also plays an important role. With less hard shafts, the shaft is smoothed more quickly during the running-in phase. Grinding peaks are removed and the surface is reformed. This effect has a positive impact on some materials, increasing the wear resistance of the polymer bearings.

A single-point lubricator is a device engineered to attach to a single unit to regularly and automatically deliver a small amount of clean grease or lubricating oil to a specific area. It is often used to keep bearings lubricated but can also be used to lubricate pumps, electric motors, fans, chains and conveyors, among other applications. Manually greasing bearings often result in over- and under-greasing, eventually leading to premature bearing wear. Single-point lubricators can be configured to dispense the correct lubricant quantity to a single point for a predetermined period. Single-point lubricators are a popular method of extending the life of bearings and other components and preventing extended downtime due to lubrication-related failures. While there are many types, the most common are spring-loaded, electrochemical and electromechanical.

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Rolling elementbearing

Don't forget to collect all tools used during the procedure, wipe up any spilled lubricant and dispose of all consumables used in the inspection.

Single-point lubricators are designed to give a consistent, measured and continuous supply of fresh grease or lubricating oil. Some applications are hard to reach, unsafe to get to or may require a lot of excess grease. You will use a single-point lubricator to add the grease more frequently than if you could do it manually. Some suitable environments for single-point lubricators include:

Maintaining equipment reliability: Proper lubrication is essential for maintaining the reliability and longevity of your equipment. Regularly inspecting the single-point lubricator helps identify potential issues before they escalate into costly equipment failure or downtime.

In the adjacent graph, the most important shaft materials are listed and selected iglidur® materials are compared. For easier understanding, the scaling of the wear axis is the same in all graphs.

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Shaft materialsAlongside the plain bearing itself, the shaft is the most important variable in a bearing system. It has direct contact with the bearing and, like the bearing, is stressed by the relative movement. In principle, the shaft will also wear, but modern bearing systems are designed in such a way that the wear of the shafts is so low that it cannot be measured using conventional methods. Shafts can be categorised according to their hardness and surface roughness as the most important parameters.

Verifying lubricant quality: Over time, lubricants can degrade or become contaminated, which can negatively impact their performance. Inspecting the lubricator allows you to assess the quality of the lubricant and determine if it needs to be replaced.

Monitoring lubricant levels: Inspecting the lubricator allows you to check the lubricant level, ensuring there's enough lubricant available for the required application. This helps prevent the equipment from running dry and causing premature wear or failure.