Grease Gun Procedures; Procedures For Bearing Components Connected To A Grease Plate - Milnor 36021 Maintenance Manual

Routine Maintenance
3.1.4

Grease Gun Procedures

CAUTION: Hydraulic pressure — can push out seals and push grease into unwanted
Add only the specified quantity. Stop if new grease come out of a drain port or other
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opening.
Remove spilled grease from belts and pulleys.
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The tables give grease quantities in fluid ounces (fl oz) and milliliters (mL). You can also use
grease gun cycles (strokes). A cycle is each time that you pull the trigger. One cycle is usually ap-
proximately 0.06 fl oz (1.8 mL). Your grease gun can give more or less than this. Measure the
output of your grease gun as follows:
• Make sure that the grease gun operates correctly.
• Operate the grease gun to put grease into a small container with fluid ounce or milliliter incre-
ments. Pull the trigger fully and slowly.
• Add a sufficient quantity of grease to measure accurately. Count the number of cycles of the
grease gun (the number of times that you pull the trigger).
• Calculate the quantity for each cycle of the grease gun, as in the following examples.
3.1.5 Procedures for Bearing Components Connected to a
Grease Plate
Your machine has a grease plate on the machine housing or the shell. You add grease to compo-
nents of the bearing housing at this location. The correct procedure is to add grease when the cyl-
inder turns at wash speed, but obey these precautions:
• For all other grease maintenance, add grease with power removed from the machine.
• If the grease plate on your machine is not serviceable (if you must add grease at a different lo-
cation), add grease with power removed from the machine.
• If you must remove a guard to get access to the grease plate, prevent access to the machine by
other personnel.
If you obey these precautions, use the Manual mode to operate the machine at wash speed. Then
add grease at the grease plate.
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areas (example: motor windings).
Use a hand grease gun. A power grease gun gives too much pressure.
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Know the quantity of grease your grease gun gives each cycle (each
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stroke).
Operate the grease gun slowly (10 to 12 seconds for one cycle).
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Example: 2 fl oz / 64 cycles = 0.031 fl oz for each cycle
Example: 59 mL / 64 cycles = 0.92 mL for each cycle
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