Besides the most recent product developments, Kluber Lubrication will present further high-performance lubricants for marine applications at SMM 2014, which takes place from September 9 to 12.
These include lubricants for girth gear and rack drives, steel cables and open drives Kluber Lubrication, which dates back more than 80 years and has about 2,000 employees in more than 30 countries, is a leading manufacturers of speciality lubricants.
Swedish bearings and seals producer SKF Group (OMX Stockholm:SKF A) announced on Wednesday (5 November) that it has acquired the Argentinian lubrication systems company Cirval SA.
Cirval, based in Rosario, designs, manufactures and sells centralised lubrication systems, and has a strong position within engineering, product development and customised solutions, particularly to the steel industry.
The acquired operations will be integrated with SKF Group's existing operations in the region to establish a regional application centre for lubrication system.
SKF, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of rolling bearings, seals, mechatronics, services and lubrication systems.
Today's automatic lubrication systems (ALS) lubricate municipal vehicles such as refuse equipment, sanitation equipment, street repair, and maintenance apparatus.
The basic philosophy of automatic lubrication is the periodic delivery of a predetermined volume of lubricant to lubrication points while a vehicle is in operation.
Premature pin and bushing failure is often attributed to inadequate lubrication. A vehicle's lubrication points require grease most while the vehicle is operating.
By removing much of the human component from the lubrication process, an ALS program ensures that all connected lubrication points receive the right amount of lubricant at the right time.
The number of lubrication points addressed by an ALS can range from as few as four points on small pieces of equipment, to over 80 lube points for some of today's street sweepers.
A typical ALS consists of a pump and reservoir, a control module to activate the pump, and a distribution network of lines to deliver the lubricant to lubrication points.
The activated pump delivers lubricant through the network of distribution lines to metering devices that apportion and forward the grease to the lubrication points.
Direct lubrication systems use pump pressure to deliver grease to the metering devices.
The primary difference between the two SLP systems is that the direct system offers grease to the lubrication points during pump run time (typically a one- to three-minute window of delivery opportunity), while the indirect system offers grease to lube points via spring pressure between pump run cycles (an adjustable range from 0.5 to 11 hours).
