For planning a lubrication system, conditions the system will be used in need to be determined first. The number of lubrication points, back pressures at the lubrication points, operating temperature range, lubricant, the feed pump’s drive energy, control and monitoring etc. need to be defined correctly. Attention to information on bearing or lubrication point specifications need to be paid too. The sum of all the quantities metered out by the system’s metering devices needs to be completed by safety margin and compressibility loss.
SKF application engineers, as well as SKF sales partners and distributors, are experts in laying out lubrication systems according to all these specifications. A lubrication system laid out by SKF and partners ensures the supply of the correct amount of lubricant at the best time to lubricate. This reduces wear and it avoids pollution caused by over-lubrication.
