Bearing Lubrication

Description

INTRODUCTION

Bearings are an integral part of anything that rotates, be it your car, the bus you use for community transport, the aircraft that you travel in for vacation or on business, any industrial machine like power plant equipment or wind mills. The applications are endless.

Our specialization series on Bearing Application and Theory provides a detailed introduction the basics of bearings, basics of bearing failures, popular types of bearings and will study design concepts concerning fits and tolerances.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This course on Bearing Lubrication is the THIRD of our specialization series on Bearing Application and Theory. It is designed as an introduction to professionals that wish to gain a basic knowledge of working with bearings.

The objective of this series is to help gain understanding of the basic parameters behind use of bearings, the designation, important design features, failures, lubrication and some popular bearing types. We will also offer some basic trouble shooting tips. The series covers these concepts with enough details that provide the participants of this course an introduction to working with bearings and its applications.

This course on Bearing Lubrication will cover basic and intermediate knowledge on lubrication. Lubrication is one of the largest causes of bearing failure. Proper quality as well as proper quantity of lubrication are important. This course describes the internal composition of lubricant, lubricant forms – grease or oil, important properties and methods of lubrication.

At the end of the course, the participants will understand the properties of lubricants and how to select the correct lubricant for the application according to their properties. We will also offer some additional reading resources for further learning.

This course is full of practical tips and guidance based on front-line bearing industry experience of the instructor. 

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

Our specialization on Bearing Application and Theory is a series of courses that are designed to help those that need basic and intermediate knowledge of bearings. It is for those that do not have any previous knowledge of bearings but need to learn in detail about bearings because the job demands it or are working on a specific project that relates to bearings.

It is designed for a wide variety of audiences like:

• Engineers
• Supervisors
• Managers
• Sales Manager
• Support professionals
• Quality Engineers and managers
• Maintenance, Reliability or Condition monitoring professionals

 COURSE CONTENT 

• INTRODUCTION
• BEARING LUBRICATION – A PRELUDE
  • The fight against friction
  • Function of lubricants
  • Microscopic view
  • Film formation
  • Incredible performance of an oil film
  • Lubrication Regimes – Overview
  • Lubrication Regimes – Part 1, 2, 3 and 4
• GREASE
  • Grease or Oil
  • Grease Composition
  • Grease – Base Oil
  • Grease – Thickener
  • Grease – Additives – Parts 1 and 2
  • Grease – Important Properties – Parts 1 and 2
  • Grease – Compatibility
• OIL
  • Oil Composition
  • Oil Additives – Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4
• GREASE LUBRICATION
  • Types of lubrication – Parts 1, 2 and 3
  • Effects of fill quantity
• OIL LUBRICATION
  • Methods of lubrication – Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
  • Oil Life
  • Oil Condition Monitoring
  • Oil Cleanliness – water extraction
• TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS – Do’s and Don’ts
• REFERENCES & COURSE HANDOUTS
• FINAL QUIZ