Punch Press Slide Lubrication - How to Not Leak Oil
Punch Press Slide Lubrication - How to Not Leak Oil
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We have a large punch press that uses a lot of oil (~a gallon a day). I'm told that this "leak" isn't really a leak, but the way the slides on the press lubricate themselves.
Questions that I have:
- Does this amount of oil leakage for lubrication sound reasonable?
- Has anyone done anything in the past to reuse this lubrication oil? Our plant is a little dirty, so we'd probably have to use a filter if we recycle the oil.
- Has anyone done anything to make refilling of the machine easier, such as having a 55 gallon oil drum right next to the press and connected with a hose?
Thanks much for any input!
Questions that I have:
- Does this amount of oil leakage for lubrication sound reasonable?
- Has anyone done anything in the past to reuse this lubrication oil? Our plant is a little dirty, so we'd probably have to use a filter if we recycle the oil.
- Has anyone done anything to make refilling of the machine easier, such as having a 55 gallon oil drum right next to the press and connected with a hose?
Thanks much for any input!





RE: Punch Press Slide Lubrication - How to Not Leak Oil
It smells like your machine was ordered without such a system (unlikely in proportion to its size and expense), or there was a failure in the lube system and it was improperly repaired, removed or hacked. You need to read the manuals, clean the machine and figure out what's really going on.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Punch Press Slide Lubrication - How to Not Leak Oil
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.