On 11/28/2014 03:38 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > Hi Robert > Thanks for the grease tip. I would have fitted normal wheel bearing > grease. I will see if I can find what you suggested over here or at > least something similar.
In my opinion, grease should not be a first choice. Oil can lubricate just as well or better, and carries away heat and dirt. Grease holds heat and dirt requiring the bearing to be beefed up to compensate for the increased heat and wear. Timken, Torrington, Fafnir, whatever, used to have a very good design guide online, with a section for machine tool applications. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
