Automated lubrication systems on industrial machinery offer superior features to manual lubrication. The benefits of automated lubrication include:
- less downtime due to bearing failure
- reduced man-hours required for the lubrication task
- increased worker safety
- reduced lubricant and cleanup costs.
All of these benefits positively affect productivity.
There are many variables to consider regarding equipment lubrication. Automation of the lubrication process can start out small and simple, and can be adapted over time to specific needs. Your LubriTech engineer can help you determine what will work best for each situation and can assist in cost-benefit analysis.
Maintenance of an automated lubrication system varies with each system. However, there are simple rules that apply to all systems such as compatible and clean lubricant, routine checks of fittings and piping and visual review of reservoirs. The principle to remember is that smaller amounts of lubricant supplied more frequently result in better lubrication and lower overall maintenance costs.
LubriTech has successfully installed automated lubrication systems on the following industrial equipment:
- Paper machines
- Printing presses
- Corrugating machines
- Tenter chains
- Pin chains
- Conveyors
- Hydraulic stamping presses
- Debarking drums
- Rock crushers
- Packaging machinery
- Palletizers
- De-palletizers
- Case erectors
- Bottle fillers
- Can forming machines
