Description
This Basic Lubrication Technician course, is a very practical training that links the theoretical knowledge of lubrication to the practical side of lubrication. Participants of this course will be able to recognize opportunities and translate some basic lubrication principles into actions that contribute to the overall reliability of your installations, thus saving costs.
Recommended audience
Lubricatoin and Maintenance specialists who want to increase the operational reliability of their assets….
- No experience required.
- Knowledge of lubrication is a plus.
You will learn
- Why lubricate?
- Function of lubrication?
- Importance of lubrication and how to save expenses through proper lubrication?
- Important concepts: viscosity, viscosity index and its importance
- Basic theory of lubrication, aquaplanning and construction to Stribeck
- Difference between lubrication (pumping grease) and lubrication
- When oil and when grease?
- General overview of oil types and their applications, mineral versus synthetic, ISOVG?
- What is grease?
- What is consistency grease and when to use what? NLGI?
- General overview of grease types and their applications
- Bearing lubrication, when is a bearing high or low speed?
- How to quickly determine simple grease volume for post-lubrication?
- How much grease should be applied to new bearings and what do I need to consider?
- Insight into bearing lubrication, location of grease nipples?
- Over-lubrication, under-lubrication, when is this important and what is it?
- Practical insights
- Gearboxes, difference between gearbox and worm gearbox regarding lubrication
- Grease or oil lubrication in gearboxes?
- How to determine oil for which gearbox?
- Chain lubrication
- What is a good chain lubricant?
- Hydraulic systems practical lubrication
- Linear guides in practical lubrication terms
- Electric motors in a practical lubrication context
- Short overview and practicalities of automatic lubrication systems
- General tips about lubrication tools
Course duration
1 day