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Air/Oil lubrication

Air/Oil lubrication

Air/Oil lubrication

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Hi All,
A client has asked me to find out more regarding AIR/OIL lubrication systems.He is in the steel industry and would like feed back as to how effective it is.Can anyone assist with this.the information given y the Lubrication equipment suppliers does not give a clear picture.
best
Robert
r_ferreiro@yahoo.com

RE: Air/Oil lubrication

Your query is far to general. The steel industry is vast in it's make up/demands.

RE: Air/Oil lubrication

Several refineries in my area use a air oil mist lubricating system for all their offplot pumping systems. Mechanically it works very well and has eliminated many bearing failures. BUT, it is a very messy process. That oil mist escapes and settles on everything creating both a enviromental hazzard and a fire hazzard.
In a steel mill enviroment I would expect the mess to be not acceptable.
Good luck
Ralph

RE: Air/Oil lubrication

Air oil and oil mist are two different things.  Air oil is liquid transported to bearings in minute amounts through divider blocks.  Oil mist is oil in 1-3 micron sized droplets in suspension in air.  The proportions are 1 part oil and 200,000 parts air.  If there is a mess, the oil mist systems is not properly calibrated and are delivering far too much oil.  This can be caused but the reclassifier being too large or at too high a pressure.  The other possibility is that a collection container is not being used.

Oil mist should be environmentally cleaner than conventional lubrication if properly engineered, installed, operated, and maintained.

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