----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2017 8:51:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Lubrication system > > On 06/04/2017 02:15 PM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > Anyone who some experience with central lubrication system? > > > > It is an old machine. There is a bowl filled with grease connected > > to a row of pneumatic valves so I guess the grease is supposed to > > enter this block. There is also plenty of tubes connected to > > blocks on the sliding surfaces and I could see there are grease on > > the sliding surfaces. It all seems to be driven by pneumatic and I > > have connected compressed air. One of the valves are marked > > lubrication and I have tried to switch this but nothing seems to > > happen. > > > > Anyone who have an idea? > > > I don't know this application but in all the cases I have seen the > grease is a light #1 NLGI grease for bank systems. The usual grease > gun > grease is #2. #2 is used for bearings and farm machinery, #1 is used > a > lot in reciprocating applications, like presses and such. DO NOT > SUBSTITUTE. > > Ed. > A further problem if incompatible greases are used, they can harden and clog the lines when they mix. (Ask me how I know this.)
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