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Silver Member - 10 or more posts |
For grease lub of electric motors, virtually all the bearing manufacturers and motor manufacturers give instructions to pack the beairng housing some fraction full of grease (somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 full.. toward the lower end for fast speed large bearings).
That seems to leave some room for interpretation. Let's say it's a horizontal machine. Would you: A - Set the endbell on it's back and pack the cavity 1/2 deep. Then when endbell is assembled to bearing, grease is at the opposite end of the cavity from bearing. B - Set the endbell on it's side and back the bottom half (3:00 to 6:00). Then upon assembly the grease will be in contact with lower half of the bearing. C - Put small chunks of grease into the bearing trying to trap air between chunks so when the cavity is full you have only about 50% grease by volume and 50% air by volume, and grease will be adjacent to the beairng all the way around. D - Something else? (of course grease will be applied directly to bearing as well). Are there any references that describe WHERE the grease should be packed in the bearing? |
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Platinum Member - 50 or more posts |
The rule is 1/2 to 3/4, but to 1/3rd!
How I learn to do it is as follows: Pack the bearing full with grease; rotate the bearing two turns in one direction and two turns into the other direction; remove the excess of grease (don't push it back in); install seals; there you have enough grease in the bearing. An excess will cause heat. Give me the bearing type and RPM, and I can give you an approximate amount for the first fill. |
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Silver Member - 10 or more posts |
Thanks Ricky.
I think the method you describeddetermines how much grease ends up in the bearing itself. But I was interested in the "housing"... by which I meant the grease cavity in the motor endbell adjacent to the bearing. |
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