润滑剂改善设备的使用状况

Lubricants for Improved Plant Management Klüber Lubrication München KG

润滑剂是提高各种机器寿命的良方，如果选用产品不考虑摩擦方面的特殊要求，在长期运转下它将不能正常工作而机器将产生故障。 润滑剂失效不是很快发生，轴承和齿轮在其完全失效前很早就发出警告信号，然而维修保养人员往往很少认识这些早期信号，而十分经常的是在损坏发生后（图１）再行研究。很多公司认为采用现代的润滑剂来改进设备的使用寿命。然而，这种方法只有维修人员具有最好的润滑剂和应用经验方可实现。在这方面他们没有让这种可能的解决方法放任自流，而是开发了专门的维修策略。所有公司一直认为润滑剂仅仅是一种辅助手段，本文以下实例将说明在各种设备中广泛使用适当的润滑剂可改善设备的维修和保养。

Lubricants are the elixir of life for every machine. If the selected product does not meet the specific requirements of the friction point, there will be malfunctions and the machine will fail in the long run. Lubricant failures don't happen overnight bearings and gears give warning signals well ahead of a complete failure. However, maintenance people seldom recognize these early signs, and quite often new solutions are only searched after the damage has occurred (figure 1). Many companies have made it their declared goal to improve plant management by using state of the art lubricants. This strategy, however, will only work if the maintenance staff has an excellent knowledge about lubricants and their application. Only this will make is possible for them to achieve the expected improvement. This way they will not have to leave possible solutions to chance, but will be able to develop a specific maintenance strategy. To all those companies who still think that lubricants are mere auxiliaries, the following examples will illustrate to what extent proper lubricant management can improve maintenance in every plant.