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Case Study No. 031519 - Lubricating an Automated Palletiser  Application: Elevators/Lifts/Conveyors Industry: Food & Beverage Background: Equipment was previously being manually lubricated with a grease gun. Depending on what maintenance tech performed the task, over- and under-lubrication were common-place, if done at all. Over-lubrication was especially a problem because often bearings were pushed out of the linear slides, caus-ing premature failure. The customer would spend thousands annually in repair costs as a result. Solution: We installed 2 MEMOLUB® ONE single-point lubricators per palletiser to supply constant lubrication to the linear slide bearings. Pro-gramming the lubricators to dispense per the manufacturer’s specs removed human inconsistency from the maintenance equa-tion thereby extending bearing life. An add-ed bonus was the ability to lubricate while the equipment is still in operation. Results: Reduced downtime and extended bearing life. Worth Mentioning: |
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